Pehli baar mohabhat

We were children then, very young

protected from emotions that stung

When I sensed something between us

maybe something that did not merit all this fuss

she must have sensed it too

for we became friends before we knew

With every passing day we grew closer

and the secrets we shared grew deeper

There was a connect & it was peculiar

and I lacked the courage to make it clear

to make it known to myself mostly

and her as well, but that could be costly

Silence was my response to this predicament

an irrevocable loss, that is what this meant

but one that I've now decided to stick by

not because I'm afraid or shy

but because I know it is the right thing

For she will never be my queen,

nor will I ever be her king.

Giridharan R

27.4.2010