one of my classmates
asked me if she could
talk to me.
I agreed, and we
walked up to the college
bus stand.
As we stood there
she said, "I love you."
It was real quick.
Someone else's face
flashed in my head,
and in order to say no,
I quoted 'Osho' to her
and told her-
How I wanted to be free
and blah, blah, blah,
about an utopian idea
of freedom.
I also said that she
should read Osho and
that I could give her
some books.
She mustn't have
expected useless gyaan
let alone be such a
hopeless reply.
She simply asked me
not to tell anyone about
whatever she had said and
offered me a cookie as
a goodwill.
So sweet of her.
But then, I was pulled
into this this dilemma:
should I eat it or not.
I considered throwing
it away but then ate it
shamelessly later on.
She is married now
and settled in Germany
with her kid.
Now and then,
she texts me-
I wonder if I should
engage or not.
TBH, Morally I'm still
stuck at that cookie-
If should have eaten
it or not.