The moment she was with me I teased her unrelentingly;

scowled at her making ungainly faces,

But I realized it only when she went out shopping;

that I longed for her like anything; desperately

craved to hear the melody in her voice.

The moment she was with me I kept scratching my hair;

hardly paying attention to the activities she recited

of the day,

But I realized it only when she talked the same to her

alien friends; that how inquisitive I was to hear it

passionately from her mouth.

The moment she was with me I castigated all attempts

of hers to tie my shoelace; portraying myself to be a

perfect man,

But I realized it only when she went to mothers place;