How are you ??

The phone has messages says the blinking red light

I should probably check - they keep gathering

The laundry is past due - clothes overflowing the basket

Strewn wrinkled worn but not touched

Hunger knocks but I'd rather make coffee

I head to the kitchen and then withdraw hastily

The sink is filled - when was the last time I cooked ?

Oh yeah! That dinner with friends …… a faint memory

I head out to get food

They stare at the world outside

These bugs on my windshield 

staring at the world 

This world - moving changing 

moving on till everythings changed 

it is night now - a sunday night 

work is tomorrow - I should sleep

yet I am fascinated with the clock

4:05 AM tick tick tick …..

I get into the shower - the water is cold 

I shiver and yet, wish to feel it more

Oh it has been so long 

The numbness has begin to hurt 

I run the water harder 

Hoping it drowns the sobs 

Monday afternoon and I take a break ..

"Hey! How are you?" says a friend

I didn't notice or may be I refuse to

"Are you ok ?"

"I am fine" -  I say 

I am staring at the coffee 

It is going cold ..

 - Sanket