INTERSECTION
The words kept echoing in her mind
Like lightning in a stormy night
Her Heart forgot its rhythm
Missed several beats
A baffled smile came first
Then a rainbow adorned her face
With all the colors of joy, trepidation, panic, excitement
How long did she wait
For those three magical words to be said!
And there____ they were spoken
Her eyes closed,
His eyes fixed on her,
He asked, “don’t you”
She raised her head, but couldn’t answer,
Between the eye and him
A Tear beclouded the scene
Wiping the water from her face
He asked again, “why?”
She turned her eyes towards the swaying Silken Tent and said,
“I am sorry____ I couldn’t get to you,
I got to honor my vows,
You belong here,not I”
Far above, the sky roared with its full might
She could see the swift clouds running from the horizon
To the zenith’s points, making a Dom of dark Clouds,
Enclosing the earth like a body in grave…
He stood there____ firm
She left
But her heart……