Lighter Moments.....

That was a holiday.
It was just another day.
I was with a newspaper.
Wife was with a vacuum cleaner.
Her weekend workload;
She was cribbing and complaining aloud.
We are both working.
Week ends are for relaxing.
Poor wife is unable to.
Backlog clearing that she has to do?
Mid noon arrives the guest.
He is not in the week end list?
He receives an insipid welcome.
His smile stretches than a chewing gum.
Husband's very old friend that he is?
'Be presentable' is what the dress code and protocol says.
Thrown is the kitchen apron.
She drapes lovely chiffon.
Friend invites her to join.
He reminds husband of the game of coin.
They laugh aloud.
He belongs to the naughty kind.
He has a mischievous mind.
Something keeps running in his mind.
Begins the teasing session;
Brunch gives the intermission.
Anecdotes and incidents are filled with humor.
They burst in to laughter.
Tears run down her cheeks.
This light ambiance was missing for weeks.
It was husband's idea of calling this friend.
He was needed around.
Lighter moments....were his slaves;
He always had something under his sleeves!
Atmosphere gets electrified when he arrives.
On his narrations, her laughter thrives.
Her husband loves this laughter.
The friend only knows this better.
Happy-go-lucky is her identity.
Laugh at drop of hat is her reality.
This routine has killed her true self.
For which the husband is blaming himself.
He loved her nature.
It is dying premature.
He is unable to see this.
That chirpy wife, he does miss.
His commitments have made her work.
Her responsibility, she will never shirk.
She cannot see him slog alone.
That sin she can never atone.
She wants to be his support.
Fantastic is their rapport.
Home-n work goes tough on her.
Cheerfulness has left her.
To laugh, she has forgotten.
With hard work, she is smitten.
She loves him beyond words.
That makes him all the more sad.
He wants to do something, fast.
He is trying his level best.
He is ready to go to any extent.
Before her good old nature turns extinct;
That is why his friend is here.
Who is the best reader of his mind!
Whenever you need, I will be there.
You need to go nowhere.
I will make the atmosphere light.
Don't worry about it getting tight.
Lighter moments are what you need.
Those would give your wife the most needed feed.
Happy-go-lucky that she is.
My visit will make her tell 'cheese'.
Its' a matter of time;
It won' be the same.
Time will take U-turn.
That will end your heart burn.
Happy days will be here again.
Till then, will I come again and again!