You knew, didn't you?

You know, it’s not the distance or time,

tides of water and wind that made you drift

apart, the river’s the same, the skyline

a little changed, the nightfall is as swift,

the newspaper man calls round like before

everything as it was, untouched.  You stepped

away, one step and two, a thousand more

and a hazy mist of gold and green swept

you up on eagle wings into its heights.

Startled you, didn’t it? when you gripped

it? did thin and hazy have the right

to feel that solid? didn’t fit the script.

Even back then you knew, it wasn’t the tide

or the distance; the change’s always inside.

I wanted to tell you (again!) about this multi-author anthology available now at Amazon and Flipcart and Sapna and Indistore.  In case you don't have the foggiest, it happened sometime ago - this is the result of the Get Published contest by Indiblogger and Harper Collins India.  Two story ideas were submitted by me through this very blog, and one of them - At the End of the Parade - made the final cut, and is now part of this book. Nine stories from nine vibrant young Indian writers and one from yours truly! :)