First Crush

I loved staying at home, I hated going to school,

School appeared to me like the place of a fool.

I loved wandering across the corn fields, 

Looking up towards the sky;

Birds kept flying and chirping,

I Wished,  I could also fly high!

I liked to drive across the highway,

With dark jungles on both sides,

Maybe someday a tiger would come to say hello,

While I drove away on innumerable nights.

The stars glowed brighter, 

They covered the whole sky.

The owls hooted and the jackals howled,

I shivered in fear, I occasionally used to cry.

Life was going this way until she came around,

My heart suddenly gave a loud pumping sound.

I got a sudden unknown feeling that changed the route of my life,

She was our new neighbor's wife.

I used to come to my house roof every evening,

She sat on the opposite house roof's garden deck

She used to kiss the flowers and plants,

How I wished, I would also get a peck!!

Her husband abused her and was a heavy drunkard,

She mostly sat on the roof,

One day I gathered the courage to speak to her,

Something in me wanted proof.

I picked up a cardboard and wrote "Hi" on it,

I raised it high over my hands,

She saw me, she smiled and caressed her hair,

Memories are still afresh in the time sands.

Slowly, I became her best friend, she confided in me,

She was more prettier closer than far.

Her mesmerizing eyes, her charming smile took over me,

I forgot my age bar.

I was so happy with her, I used to share everything,

I never knew how time went by,

Her house was my second home,

She used to feed me everyday, she used to cook, bake and re-fry.

Then on the day of my final results,

Happened  the unwanted twist,

I came back with my results,

The city was covered in a mist.

I was planning to go her home but my mom stopped me,

She said they have gone away.

She handed me a letter,

My heart was beating faster, I was turning grey!!

Her husband got transferred and they left the town,

I still have the letter with me.

Whenever, I reread it again,

I still smile with a sad glee.

Thinking of those days and her again,

Increases my adrenaline rush,

I never got the chance to meet her again,

But she was, is and always will be my first crush..