pele

pele left iit today.
i will no longer see his ever-smiling face daily subeh 'pele pele'
The companion of 4 years, the man-friday for any support i needed, a friend through thick and thin. Now life sends us apart, each on our separate paths. Why does it have to be so?!
Ahh - to think of how it will be over the years::
As two old friends we may meet, once every few years, to catch up with our lives over a hurried meal, where we used to catch up with each other daily!


His room - emptied of all articles. Our haunt of so many years, now stripped of all. I cant bear to look at it in that state just yet. Empty room, full of memories.

[Its dawn now, and i am just back from the terrace. Where we probed the depths of our hearts and minds to understand the world around us. Our terrace, no more]

The final moment is here - the taxi is loaded. Its getting late - gullu is drumming his fingers impatiently. Ahh damn you.
Pele's eyes tell the whole story. I will always remember you pele! You are the best!

[sighh...we realised the fullness of friendship at the moment of parting]

All i can think of right now is Floyd's High Hopes::

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river

I hate going away from ppl just bcoz of circumstances - u meet so few ppl whom u love, and then life makes u go through these farewells.