I Braved the Dust

For sentimental reason
    known only to me
   I braved the dust

There in the dark corner
  Stood old grandmother's chest
 all cobwebs and dust
   all mementos and memories
          longed and remembered

 I took out a blue ribboned stuff
  now almost three decades past
I browsed through each carefully
  Found a special space for old
    papers, wrappers and notes
  
As I froze and let the memories
     take me to my little chamber
There I stood, I remember my youth
 my sweet, naivete, first romance
     with my special friend

I set aside the dust from an old schoolpaper
   and blow amidst my sneezes and blows
 Carefully I found an old piece I have written
   There my heart in that point in time

Oh where is the past the long walks
    the stride from home to school a nd back
The weather we carelessly break through
   be it a hard rain and be soaked in the mud
Or a scorching heat of the noon sun
    While passing vehicles whip us with
     thick dust of the earth

But reality I wonder why
Like any theater play
   the curtain called
Like any song it has its refrain
    but at a certain time it has to end

I have many questions but I never ask
I could have my ways but I never complain
To comfort my nights I just keep this in my head
That some people are better off as friends than lovers
Wrote that in my head and  be content

Aaachuuuuuuuu!!
Amidst sneezes and blows
  my nose now red from rhinitis
REALITY bit me
My youth has gone
   and I am getting old
I have my own life my family for my reality
   I only have you for my memory