Late and Lost

"Time and tide waits for none."

Somebody said ages before. And like every other worldly truths, is still very much applicable today.
I've been late before, on many occasions, and paid the price for it.

But some occasions have been expensive, way too beyond my means and capacity to recover.


7 seconds and almost fell between platform and a running local. And that was 'almost' in true sense. 

7 minutes and missed a flight and half a working-day. I worked an extra weekend coz of it is a different story all together. 

7 hours and missed a deadline. Now desperate for a miracle to help me.

7 days and missed another deadline. This turned out to be not just a deadline, but a year gone wasted. 

7 weeks and doubts are still in the air. Little do we know how little doubts lead to us to not trusting people, even the loved ones.

7 months and people still speak of you not being sincere in your work. Worst part is that its always in hush-hush tone.

7 years and I'm still collecting pieces of 'what it would have been, only if..' 

You may not be, but I'm still lost and still searching for an answer.

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