Why Oh Why ?

Her lips were painted a hue of the dusky sky in autumn,
Her beautiful almond shaped eyes kohled to perfection,
Her starry bindi twinkled on her forehead like a star,
Her long shapely hennaed hands adorned with red and white wedding bangles,
But her eyes as heavy as dark clouds on a monsoon day,
Why oh why did he stand me up?

It was midnight and he was not home yet,
No message no phone.
Be ready he had said, for a movie and dinner date
Worrying endlessly,
Heart beating like a bullet train,
She waited, chugging out dark, scary thoughts
Why oh why did he stand me up?

Ting tong !!! Finally the sound she awaited,
She scampered to the door,
She would run into his arms, pour out her  tensions on his sinewy chest,
And lovingly  curse him and ask,
Why oh why did he stand me up?

Ting tong went the impatient bell again,
She grinned, twas so much like him to not  hold back his horses,
She peeped through the key hole,
And the night turned darker than hell !!!

Why oh why did he stand me up?

His shirt was a crisp white as in the morning, save the little red  stain on the chest,
His curly hair in a neat heap as he always liked,
His favorite black leather satchel by his side,
His handsome face so peaceful in a frozen half-smile,

She fell into his limp arms, pounding his chest, sobbing like a baby,
The weight of the wedding bangles crushing her arms,
Her henna but a crimson smudge !!!

Why oh why did he stand me up !!!