Strangers in the Night

It was fate that that brought us strangers together,

Chance perhaps made us to look into each others' eyes,

Attraction drew us close,

While love sealed the bond.

They say that love makes the world go round

Yes indeed we said

And became each other's world.

The Sun shone on us,

The Moon beamed at us,

The Breeze caressed us softly,

As we walked hand in hand.

Life never seemed so beautiful,

So rich in its fullest glory.

But someone somewhere kindly smiled...

Now we are just two strangers staying together

made apart by the longest bridge of all

Silence....

The silence has frozen our hearts....

Our hearts still keep beating,

But not for each other

Like chimes of the old grandfather clock

And wither away the time.

We have nothing to say to each other now,

Lest the forceful conversations at the dinner table

As we talk about mundane issues like office, children and the maid

It has become less boring, but more tiring.

We never talk about us,

Nor of our celebrated love gone sour

'Coz like our gross salaries minus tax,

Our love has been deducted at the source.