For my better half

Today is my engagement anniversary! It is a special day for me. I came across this beautiful poem on the net and wish to dedicate it to my better half.

What I want to ask of you is this,
If I can find the nerve to make the leap:
Life scatters dreams across the hills of sleep,
Lest we be too easy in our bliss.
Yet I am aware what I might miss.
Only what we treasure can we keep,
Ultimately sowing what we reap,
Modeling a world upon a kiss.
And so I must reveal to you my heart,
Recalling all my courage from its rest,
Ready for whatever word might be.
You are all the object of my quest,
My cynosure, my life, my other part.
Each line of this begins my urgent plea.

Monumental Loss

It is my cribbing time again. As my mom-in-law and her sister are around so we decided to roam around Bombay on a weekend which is incredibly difficult otherwise due to my hectic schedule not to forget Bombay’s despicable traffic. So the three of us headed to Gateway of India first. Though my mom-in-law and aunt had been there years ago, it was my first visit even after being in the city for almost two years as my hubby is averse to visiting crowded places be it a tourist spot or a movie theatre.