My Blind Date Poem by Shankaran Kutty

It did happen so long ago, that I went on a blind date
Who she is or how it will be, I left it to my fate
Tall or short, fair or dark, I hardly had any clue
A plain blue shirt I had worn, with my Levi jeans dark blue

It were the days when parents chose your wife you should know
So I wasn't alone, I went to her house with my mom and dad in tow.
Her dad and mom, uncle and aunt, grandma all were there
All eyes were drilling right through me like a clown at a village fair

They started chatting as if they had known all their life
Some eyes were still piercing me like through butter a kitchen knife
"Let us go inside, let them speak" I did hear someone there say
I was trapped and for to escape now, there seemed to be no way

Love is not a dried oak tree that on sight can catch a fire
Nor a feeling in the mind that sets it wild with desire
Yet her presence in my mind some emotions did it stir
Now that I met her what to speak, my, mind had gone so blur

I really wanted to open up and say something so nice
Or utter something that will make me look so smart and wise
But once I was alone with her, a cat ate my tongue
And I sat there with my face so red, as if a hive of bees had stung

Inside over tea and snacks I could hear their voice and laughter
I decided that this is it, no more of this hereafter
Head bowed she sat on the sofa edge, never did she lift her gaze
I asked something and she replied and both of us were in a daze

Someone brought in tea and snacks and sweets they had served inside
"This special sweet , our daughter has made", said an aunt with pride
I looked at "her" and her flustered face said that was a special lie
But to eat it and say it is good, meekly I did try

Nothing more was there to be said, eternal seemed our wait
But the time I spent I did not waste, I cleaned up the entire plate
I am sure she would have thought that if this guy is going to be my mate
To sweat my entire days in kitchen, is certain to be my fate

We sat there praying to save us would then come by someone
And then they trooped in after tea and snacks, the elders one by one
And we sat there like two prisoners handcuffed, in a courtroom dock
My heart was beating faster than there stood a grandfather clock

All said and done, with smiles and laughter, it was then time to leave
As I got into the car and the driver seat, a sigh of relief did I heave
And on the way my mother asked "What do you think my son? "
They were speaking as if it was, a battle we had just won

The silly feeling in my mind stayed on for a little more while
So much so my sister asked, "why still wear the sheepish smile? "
And thus did end the one and only blind date of my life
But thank God it had a happy ending for today she is my wife. \\