Dating With Her

We plan the day before, it was Saturday

That we would meet once, that’s on Sunday

We agree to meet because never in the life until now

We have met each other but in calls and chats

Eagerly I wait from the night before for the dawn to rise

Done with the day’s early daily routine

I step out of the humble door of my poor house

Waving goodbye to the house, I walk the west direction

Along the roadside, listening carefully to hear the vehicles

I pass the beautiful fields and the silent forests

Luckily I get the Bolero Taxi, I am flying westward

Descending Mugtangkhar hills down to Gamri river

I feel fresh and happy for I shall meet her today

Transiting from Tashigang, I head back the same road

Only to take the another junction leading to Rangjung

Rangjung Technical training institute, that’s where I am going

Gazing through the window as the car speeds up

I can imagine my fiancé so beautiful, wearing simplicity

Her rosy cheeks as I tease her of being charmingly sexy

Meandering through beautiful landscapes along Gamri

Seeing the Blocks on left side of the road and the sign board

My little heart starts bouncing with apprehension

However, as I have never met her before I take a deep breath

Concealing my timorous heart beats, gathering my courage

Remembering her beauty once again, I unlock the car

I make a call only to hear her melodious voice welcoming me

I imagine her height,” She may be taller than me”, I am worrying

There she comes with her best friend, we are hundred meters away

She is definitely taller, I feel embarrassed seeing this

Waking like the Korean actress and actor, we near each other

Oh! She is so cute like a baby girl, charming like Cinderella

She is not taller than me, I am relieved she is just like me

My heart beats faster as I go near her, to hug her tightly

That’s beyond what I can do at the moment

I can only give her a warm hand shake, I shake her hand

Her gentle grip melts my tiny heart for a short period

Deep inside me, it’s burning as if I am being burnt

Superficial gestures are nothing unusual but trying to please her

We are happy couple meeting after a long duration of Six years

Yes! She has grown up big, she is more that I have thought of

Wishing us happiness her friend leaves, I am happy

Courageously I hold her hands, fingers between fingers

My first special holding of girls hand indeed

The sentiment is beyond my own imagination

Heart pumping peacefully and evenly unlike any old days

Rush of imaginations creeping through the body

Like I am meditating on a cold plateau in the Himalaya

Like I am released from this captivity of heavy mind

I can visualize my peacefulness with her

Sitting together as we hold hands like to never go

We share what we used to share in chats

Sitting beside her in the daylight like it is moonlight

Even the scorching rays are too weak to heat us

Capturing some memories, we are in smile and laughter

I hang on her shoulder feeling her blonde hair

Refreshing scent of her silky hair filling my nostrils

When she remains like a talking statue

Difficult it is for her to make eye contact

I notice her weakness, intentionally I make her eye contact

She blushes a lot but it makes her more beautiful

I love the feeling I have when she blushes

I bring my fantasy into real, here, in front of her

I kiss her on her cheek, she is astonished and blushes more

Calling her friend Kinley we decide walking to Lungtenzampa

Gradually building some distance, her friend moves faster ahead

That’s what is called ‘understanding ‘ in relationship, I think

Walking together holding hands, our feelings strengthen

We laugh as Kinley speeds up like a rabbit being chased

We talk of how long our relationship has been and yet successful

As we move on I grab her tight around her shoulder

Having a close contact, it feels better like knotting our hearts

I don’t feel how harsh the sun is but I can see her sweating

I start complaining,”It’s really hot, let’s go back”

She calls Kinley again who is far ahead now

Luntenzampa, we are going back! My heart shout

Hours of togetherness in full joy, I wish it forever

Preparing to depart is just too hard for me

Waving her final goodbye, it’s time I leave her there

“See you after five years, Sangay Wangmo “, I wish and pray within

Like it’s only possible after that long years, too bad

Lhakpa, my old friend accompany me until I wave goodbye

Life is beautiful when you let it happen how it wants to go, meeting someone worthy is even more colorful