A Shadow

Its all about distance and time. Mostly distance, But we all learn to cope with it. 

Like, sometimes, even though I am so far away from 'home' I secretly imagine you standing next to me. Together, Hand in hand, but we are not close to home; somewhere far away, where I am at the moment. 

And I am so oblivious of the world and the cold around me,and the people in the street, i am just standing there staring into some store's window, imagining you in those boots, in that overcoat, or you giving directions to some confused stranger. I just smile in the cold because it feels warm. That feeling of your shadow being here with me. 

And here its only the beautiful places. I wouldn't want you to see anything else. Only beauty. Watching you smile at that beautiful lake and the leaf devoid trees surrounding it, because secretly we both know there is so much life in them and that this cold is coming to an end just like a part of a long play. And in that moment there is this overwhelming happiness that makes me cry, that my heart cannot handle and might just burst.

And that's when I feel these cold tears rolling down my cheeks. Seeing all this beauty and you in it. Its so beautiful. You are so beautiful. 

And then i cry a little more when someone calls out my name, 

and I wake up.