Nupur Chaturvedi

Moment

In the end, my friend,
We will stand holding hands,
Gleeful twinkles and all,
Holding down hysteria,
Lest it burst out like frozen cola fizz,
Never to be reined in again.

In the end, my friend,
We would still be fooling ourselves,
Whispering fairy tales to each other
That will never come true
Holding out for that movie-like ending
Hoping life freezes at credit roll
And our perfect moment remains.

In the end, my friend,
We still won’t care
Happy to live a life of denial before and after
Because we managed to snatch something
That we never thought was ours
A pleasure so far vicarious.
In the end, my friend,
A moment is all we have
A moment is infinite.
The end.