Do you remember
how obsessed we were
with Hindi film songs?
We loved our mixed tapes
and getting them done
was an adventure too!
Taking the bus, going to
the main market in town
with our carefully curated lists
scribbled on those
lined notebook sheets
and returning home
clutching our treasure.
We would stop and rewind
and forward the songs endlessly
to get all the words right.
There was such pure,
unalloyed joy in all that.
Am I romanticising
our childhood?
They do say nostalgia
is a seductive liar.
So, yes. Maybe I am. 
But that is all I have.
Since I am around.
And you are not.