Blast From The Past

"Old ties might cross ways"

My horoscope for today says

And paying 0 heed to it I walk out

Of my flat's door,

Seeing someone shift into

The empty apartment beside mine.

Saving me a fall on the stairs,

There stood holding my hand

A gentleman, whom I could recognize

From a km distance.

My ex has shifted to the apartment

Next to mine.

Spooked, I let the logical half take control

In no time, just to remind myself

That coincidences as such are No big deal!

The freaked out half still goes back

Reading the horoscope, and locks me

In my flat for an entire day.

A plathora of cardboard boxes lined up on his gate

Reminded me of the time he moved out

Soon After our ugly breakup.

His face red with anger and his fists clenched...

Crying, sitting on one knee, he apologizes 

I avert my eyes!

"I'll track you down as we promised to stay together" 

His last words hall in my mind

And in no time chills run down my spine,

Afterall, He kept his promise.

After months of sweat and tears

When I finally moved on, the past knocked on my door

To turn my life upside down.

Terrified, as I return to my apartment after 11 hours of

Volunteer overtime

I watch him walk out of his Flat

While I still struggle with the key stuck in the door.

He helps me with it

Bidding good night, or did he wish the other way round.

Stressed, I hang my face down.

Bringing my worst Nightmares to life

My doorbell rings at 5

Answering the door, I find a box full of my old clothes

The note on the bottom of which said-

"I had no intent of taking it on purpose

Neither did I track you down

I am over you, I hope you are too

All the best for your new beginnings

And shun down your old endings

The way I did by returning you this

PS: I don't live next door, breathe!"