Distances - If It Could Just Vanish

तेरी यादों ने समेटा आगोश में अपने आज, तो एहसास हुआ...
गोया वो गुज़रा ज़माना लौट आया....
- Alok Upadhayay


25 Jan 2011
Sitting in the sun of January, enjoying winters of Noida with ice-cream in TGIP, Noida, I was just filling like if I could make this day more beautiful... 
Suddenly a boy came to me, "Bhaiyaa, Gulaab le lo.....(Brother, will you please buy some roses from me...)."
Its common thing in Sec 18 Noida, one can easily find kids selling roses over there.
" Kiske Liye ?...(For whom?)"
"Jo aane waale hai..(The one you are waiting for...)."
He said in such a sweet way that I couldn't deny. He had 7 roses and I bought all of them....
He got a smile over his face, he giggled, said thank you and went away....
I just kept on watching him until he vanished in the crowd....
I just thought, even he has a hope that someone will come to whom I can offer these beautiful roses.
I wish if I could tell him that no one will ever come.... the one who could come has already gone...
That kid made to think about those days when I had you for these flowers .... I wish if I could change it... I wish if I could bring those days back...
I wish if....