The Night We Met

'Twas a noisy crowd,
Crazy, confused and loud,
Bright light seeping through gaps,
Between dark people walking in groups,

I looked between them hoping to see beyond,
Wanting to breathe a little through eyes and lungs,
And then I saw a blinding sight,
That took away both sight and breath,

You stood there, in search of something or someone,
Just like me, only I'd found mine,
As you found what you sought, I lost my heart,
Ending the search I'd set out upon so late,

Oh a search it was indeed,
Ending not in attainment nor in cede,
But the loss of the searcher himself,
'Twas the greatest search of my life,

My soul tore into pieces, becoming whole again,
Brimming in joy at this newfound gain,
I swam in the depth of your beauty,
Forgetting the worries of life and duty,

I waited, fervently for you to see me,
And at long last did your eyes meet mine,
The wait for acceptance lasted aeons,
But the smile of embrace took away all pains,

And today, after years, as I hold your hand,
That day comes as a wave, consuming my mind,
Sweetened like your jam, by the crystals of time,
It's a memory, a thought that none can mime.

Written at 9:27pm on 28.4.2017
Small changes made at 11:46am, 2.5.2017

Context: When Swati Hegde asked me to listen to a song of this title in an Uber cab with Shubham (we were going out for dinner) I liked the title so much that I decided to write something on it. I typed it out on my phone in the moving cab.