Were I In Love

This is a poem on my thoughts and feelings in a hypothetical situation where I fall in love. Here is the content:

Were I in love, say with Ms. A

Imagine, can you, my mind racing

With a plethora of thoughts and emotions

Taking me on a rollercoaster ride

Right to the centre of the Earth!!

No matter how hard I struggle

Robbed of speech, would I be

My mouth opening and closing aimlessly

Just as it did for Peter Pettigrew

When his betrayal was exposed

Heartily wishing had I the ability to Disapparate

Thus, could I teleport myself

To the safe confines of my home

And crash on my bed

Ready to drop off to sleep

Quicker than one could say “sleeping tablet”!!

Might wondering be you

Is whom Ms. A?

It could anyone be

What doth really matter

Is doth she understand me completely

Accept me as am I

With all pros and cons

And love me

On my best days

AND worst days

Of course, doth it apply to me too!

Once overcome I my shyness

Would I be, at my happiest

Humming to myself the hit song “Suttum Vizhi”

Because, can nothing get more romantic

Than a classic melody of Harris Jayaraj

Oh Ms. A, what I would do for you not

Watch a movie you love

Even if I share not, the same feelings

Doth the same apply for TV shows too

Though preferably not Indian

Take time out for you always

Even at the cost of work

Be quite the shoulder for you to cry on

Listen to your endless rants

Without once losing patience

Even were they all against me!!

Never once laugh at your mistakes

Even were they quite hilarious

Why, even go to jail I would

Just for you

Provided, were it not for something unethical

I care not where are you from

Caste, religion, state and even nationality

I give not two hoots

Of course, essential is it

That, speak you English

Apologies, sound I elitist

However, is English the language

Which am I most comfortable with

Though I give not a damn

Regarding the accent or even grammar

Oh Ms. A, imagine what could we do

Listening to Harris Jayaraj melodies

Over a piping hot cup of filter coffee

Arguing over the most controversial Harry Potter characters

Ron Weasley, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore

Oh, are the possibilities endless!!

Guessing the murderer in an Agatha Christie classic

Particularly one involving Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple

Playing “Choices: Stories You Play” together

Oh, could I already imagine us playing the story “The Crown & The Flame”

With you as Kenna and me as Dom

Travelling through Konkan Railway

And watching the rivers, lakes, mountains, tunnels and bridges fly past

While sharing a plate of the juiciest Chicken Lollipop can one get

Watching India and South Africa play a Cricket World Cup final

And at the same time, arguing about “Umpire’s Call”

Bashing the Indian government

Oh boy, could I go on and on

Only of course, were you interested!!

Oh Ms. A, long I to meet you

Had my tryst with love, have I

The first time, was it unrequited love

The second, a painful divorce

However, have I the innate belief

Are most people good by nature

Thus dare I, to take another risk

Of course, hoping for success this time!

Oh Ms. A, were you to love me

Could I do anything for you

Just not something ethical or immoral!!

But yes, would I be with you

Till Death do us part

And no, think this a joke not

For I ain’t no Fred nor George Weasley

Au contraire, do I promise you

On the behalf of Jesus himself!!