Things That Bang

Fiction : Run ins and Escapes

Meeting you brought back memories of a young past when worries were innocent and times were simple. Neither you nor I are what we used to be. For those few minutes we spent talking we seemed to be in a time warp and yet barriers stayed up- unscalable and protected. We promised each other we will meet. Will we make calls to catch up, I wonder? Its weird how life brings back people we think are so far gone from us and then it all comes tumbling back. Wish I could say there wasn't any pain in the parting. The deliberate rupture caused by my demons that demanded isolation. You look the same as I had left you. Older physically but the same warmth nestles in your eyes and your persona- steady. And I too am the same in ways of the past- still demanding space, still fighting cursed imps and burning bridges but this time all in my mind. To renew the bond explanations would be required and raking up the past isn't something I am good at. Maybe its best we treat the meeting a cheap shot taken by fate. For I will hurt you again, not that you will ever let me but why take a chance. It sure was nice running into you but I guess now I will run away from you for your own good.