Ginger Tea

Familiar roads..familiar shops..
He drove past some buildings old and dear ..
With the reunion to start in some hours..
He entered college after five long years..

Nothing had changed..
The library..the canteen.. the ground..
The creaky back gate made as much sound..
And then he saw the same small stall..
The tea seller and his business..still standing tall..

How badly he missed thetea ..
How badly he missed those old days ..
But then as he glanced at the watch he wore..
He remembered someone whom he missed a little more..

Someone with whom he had sung the tunes of friendship..
Someone with whom he had an unnamed relationship ..
Someone who could see his tears behind his smile ..
Someone with whom he had walked many miles..

Someone with whom he always shared his tea ..
Someone with whom he moved around in glee ..
Someone whom he had fought with five years back..
And someone whose memories had brought him back..

He smiled with a hope to have her back ..
"A Ginger Tea" he shouted, 'their' old choice ..
A moment of shiver, thrill and excitement followed as ..
"Make it by two", said a familiar voice ..