Remember Me?

Do you remember me?

Not that much about me is so striking -
That it would stay with you
Long after we –
Parted ways.
Or just drifted apart.
Or never really clicked.
Or inevitably changed paths.
Or simply walked our own ways.

But still,
do you remember anything about me?
And what IS it?

Is it my plain face
That lights up occasionally
At the sight of a loved one?

Is it that song that I once recited?
That they said ‘sounds good’ –
But I know, not good enough !

Or do you remember my messy curls –
That just want to be –
Be themselves ?

Or maybe you remember my tired eyes –
That speak of old stories,
That never got a chance
to be told.

Or do you remember me as –
The all-knowing class kid
Whose hand shoot up
At every question?

Or do I remind you of –
A lost friend
Who still has a place
In your loaded heart !

Do you remember me
For our long long phone calls
And our long long conversations
That never really meant anything.
Or did they?

Or is it your phone calls –
That were never answered?
Coz trust me I do that a lot!
Guilty as charged!
And when I called back,
It was too late by then..

Ah! So you remember me
For that one time I stood by you –
In my little way.
But did it mean anything to you ?

Or when I spoke up,
When no one really cared.
But I spoke up anyway ?

Or maybe when the world was not
Such a happy place for you
And I came, and made it tolerable?

Is it the time when it was just
The two of us! (or maybe three!)
And we had our own world
And did not care
Until the reality did really strike !

Or do you remember me of
As a confidant
Who held your deepest secret
And took it to the grave?

Or maybe the one
Who wasn’t there
When you needed the most?

Do you remember me as
The soft-spoken girl,
Who laughed a little,
And sometimes - a lot ?

Or that one person
Who looked completely
Out-of-place-
Looking out for the right place?

Do you remember me at all?

And am I anything close-
To what you remember me as?
Or a little bit of all?
Or nothing.