Struck

She doesn’t know what love means…
With a heart too weak…
And a brain too complicated…


There’ll be words she’ll never say…


There’ll be moments of pure bliss,
There’ll be moments of smile behind the tears she hides…


The past like an ocean,
Cursed with stillness…
And raging currents within…


She was only a mermaid,
Too good from afar,
A sight he’d wish too see again…


But only too momentary,
As she dives into the home of memories,
Into a weary ocean… 


His eyes made her forget,
Of all the pain she lived through…
His presence,
Made her realize what she’d missed through these years… 


It was only a dream,
As she opened her eyes the next morning…
A dream cherished…
A dream for which she awaited.. 


But his beckoning call,
Was only a surprise…
Bitter-sweet…
For she was tied to the ocean she lived…


He told her to be free,
She wanted to…
He told her to be with him,
She wanted to…


But her wants were only too faint 
As the currents swept her away…


She sank in the ocean she swam…


Tears blown out to waters…
That left no trail…


The world clapped,
The world ‘awed’,
The world sympathized,
With every shade of her, they saw…
Their opinions likewise… 


She didn’t want to be their puppet anymore…
Deep within,
She longed for something she couldn’t get…


She wanted time to heal…


Time to untangle the mess she’d created…
Time to bless her… 
Time to cure her…
Time; her only hope…


But her mind and heart were out of sync…
Just the way they had been for ages as the ocean swelled…


But her senses reacted invariably…
Her smile would cross her face with every thought of him,
Her eyes had stopped seeing any other guy except him,
Her heart would race with every voice of his,
Her eyes would glitter with every memory she had of him… 


Those were words she held to her heart,
Unable to admit to what she felt,
With the rising ocean currents that she breathed in…


She wanted to fight out,
She wanted to make her stand,
She wanted to transform and shred her mermaid being… 
But it would be only after a few years that she’ll be herself,
Be independent,
Be what she wants…


And his thoughts weren’t helping her either…
The thought of losing him ached through her core…


But she was ready not to fall again,
Not to fall for the ocean reminded her of her past…


She’d faced and been through the tough times,
And all she looked forward to,
Was her way to her independence…
Cause if not practiced well, 
Would be drowned for the next 10 years…
A curse the ocean had on her…


And for now she only wished,
To gain her independence,
To gain that stand….


Willing to sacrifice her senses,
Willing to sacrifice her heart…
Willing to sacrifice herself….


Only to meet him again,
With no ocean to be dreaded…
With no memories that shall hold her back…
With no constraints…


She would wait…


Wait till the day she’d set out firm…
And if time willed,
He’d be back…
But if he was gone in a faraway island…
Happy with someone else..
She’d be happy for him,
Happy in his happiness… 


She’d let time complete the story of hers…