1. Three days of 'No Strings'..... (Poem)

We met as strangers and unwound with a 'no-strings' warning in the bend. But the alert got a jolt and had to be restored at the cost of a budding friendship.....

Three Days of ‘No Strings’…..

Sweeping along with gusto
you came in riding the wave
Such was your warmth and verve
topped with a ‘no-strings’ rave

Two strangers met like old friends
hitting it off instantly
Launching without even a glitch
the ‘no-strings’ talk incessantly

Pondering over anything
that met the eye or the will
Poring over events in life
the ‘no-strings’ act stood still

Life’s stories came pouring out
not a yarn and everything true
camaraderie on the very first day
…the ‘no-strings’ still on the brew

Tracing along life’s winding trail
our exploits, thoughts and feelings
the fondness began snowballing
when a bell rang…’no-strings!’

feeling free and yet so close
was just what the bond could bring
no dread of any kind of ties
basking in the glory of ‘no-strings’

But lo, curiosity hit the barriers
friendship teetered on broken wings
Panic rose, all efforts to restore
and to uphold the ‘no-strings’

You at the end of the your tether
and me clutching to my holdings
Just what could be done
To save the rule of ‘no-strings’ ?

Refusing to comply and a hurt ego
all reason and pleading losing links
I witnessed with bated breath…
a heave and a snap in the ‘no-strings’!

A sane way out was to reconcile..
a ‘no-bargain’… whatever it brings
Let things take a course of its own
all, just to uphold the ‘no-strings’

On day 3, and with no way out
yearning to dodge the ego stings
We chose to part ways as friends
… all reverence to the ‘no-strings’


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