THE RENDEZVOUS

With your sudden depart 

to keep your 

destiny -date,

noons at the Coffee House 

will never be 

the same again 

my friend. 

We, your friends 

sit at

your select table 

to reminisce 

the debates dialectical 

and your 

fervid fervour. 

Even now, we sit 

dilate & declaim 

over steaming 

cups of coffee.

The moment

the wall -clock

strikes

the one & a half hour,

we rivet our eyes 

to see you enter

and attune our ears 

to hear you say " Hello ".

The goings -on now 

veer round to 

what we said 

and did through

your presence.

We still keep 

the time of

your departure 

2 o'clock. 

Which reminds us 

that you're not

going to come 

forever and forever.