Nostalgia by Neetu
October 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as dreams, Memories, Neetu Malik, what might have been
Nostalgia
I missed you
when I turned the corner
near the old bakery
in the drifting
mellow Columbia brews,
fresh loaves and
Darjeeling teas.
It was then I stopped
in the middle of the street
paralyzed in my dream
of what might have been
and what was never meant to be
until then
I had traced
the veins of fallen leaves, that autumn,
watched them crinkle and dry,
crumble easily
now I stand, rooted
on the sidewalk,
pearly white confetti sprinkled
below flowering trees
by the old bakery.
© Neetu Malik
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