long long ago … time went by.. It still does

Helplessly track pieces of memories floating away into oblivion. Try to pull them back, only to find them burst in to nothingness like shiny soap bubbles of mirage

See the face almost every other day for years. Exchanged the hi’s, the views, the enthusiastic discussions, money, food and assignments. Never said a good-bye, but never talked again. See the name in the chat-list every day, but can’t be bothered to message wonder whether you really knew the face and the name.

Ought to message a regular, but the fluctuating list manipulates you into sending the message to someone you rarely conversed with over the past two years. And it’s awkward. After the standard hi’s and the protocol based “how are you? Am fine!” exchange, both fall silent. There is nothing to say to each other. The fact that these same lives were closely intertwined just a couple of years ago, hold no significance.

Then, there are those kind of person you meet daily, exchange jokes, talk the general topics and forget about as soon as you walk past them. And sometimes wonder how little you all know about each other. Thus making it certain that once you leave the place, none of them will ever feature in your memories and neither will you in theirs’. Yet another addition to the acquaintance links that will quickly wither away.

And finally, there are those that frequently appear in your mind. You recollect all the good times you had, perhaps the not the not so pleasant ones too. But you are amazed at how they don’t exactly seem to remember most of it, making all those memories little imaginary moments of your own mind. You might still meet them regularly, but how can that matter?