Two Seconds

It was a hunch,
that took two seconds.

I thought I saw you,
A little different from what I remember,
But it felt like this was it.

I doubted myself,
Thinking that it might just be you,
Just when I least expect it.

The two seconds felt like a lifetime,
The moment your eyes locked on mine.

For two seconds,
I was caught off guard,
For thinking that this is how we would see each other again.

When the time was up,
I broke the connection and returned to my phone.

While ‘you’ head the other direction.

There and then I thought – silly me

For thinking that either of us would’ve done something,
Given that it’s been three long years since we last saw each other.

As if anything would happen in the first place.

Two seconds was all it took –
For that thought to vanish,
and we return to being strangers again,
Walking our own separate paths.

Even though it wasn’t you
A sudden thought came to my mind –

Why is it that I feel this way,

Is this some kind of affection towards someone you barely know?

Why do I find myself thinking of you during times like this?


P.S
(written on a Saturday in the month of February, out of the blue as I was at a supermarket doing grocery shopping. I kinda liked how this turned out, so spontaneously.)