FRIENDS!!

He came in like an uninvited guest,

yet somehow, his arrival felt like fate at its best.

Nothing was planned, nothing was known,

yet somehow their hearts found a way of their own.

It started with teasing, a smile and a stare,

then slowly became something neither could spare.

What began as a joke, light, playful, and sweet,

soon turned into something that felt incomplete.

Whenever they parted, whenever they strayed,

as though every distance made them afraid.

There was honey on lips, there was light in their eyes,

a sweetness that neither could quite disguise.

They carried their own glow, their own golden hue,

yet somehow the sweetest thing was what they both knew.

Morning came softly, reminding them to part,

but they stole one last sweetness straight from the heart.

They had work, they had people, they had places to be,

yet somehow, they always found time secretly.

They fought and disagreed, they stumbled, they fell,

but ran back to each other, as if under a spell.

Back then, love was warm, gentle, and mellow,

the color of love has always been yellow.

But somewhere between longing, desire, and dread,

yellow turned crimson, and crimson turned red.

They held onto each other, refusing to part,

like letting go would tear open the heart.

They feared being caught, they feared what they'd say,

yet when they were together, the fear slipped away.

No one had planned it, no one knew from the start,

that teasing could bloom into something of the heart.

They called themselves friends, and perhaps that was true,

but friends don't usually know their taste like they both knew.

So, tell me, if friendship was all that they had,

why did one stolen moment make leaving so sad?

Why did their lips meet, why did their hearts flee?

Were they really just friends

or something more meant to be?

-  Taruna Ghera