Unheard Melodies

You could live in the same house

Under the same roof

For thirty years

And not feel anything

And you could spend

Three days with a stranger

And get pulled in by the whirlpool

Of their unheard melodies

And unsung sonnets

In an instant

Caught in their spell

Forever

Time has been just a lazy spectator

Watching us from a distance

And laughing

As how we fall prey to its infinite traps.