The Lost Sock Syndrome

Socks exists in pairs.
Some times one is lost.

We were socks.
A pair.
Same colour.
Same size.
Same feel.
We could be worn interchangeably.
Left for the right.
Right for the left.

We lived in the same drawer.
Close.

Then one day, one sock was moved to another drawer.
It became the lost sock.
That was looked for some time.
Then forgotten.

New socks were moved in the lost sock's old drawer.
The un- lost sock got new friends.
They were of a different colour.
Different make.
But, the un-lost sock was happy.
The un-lost sock went places.
Happy places.
Some times, he did think of the happy times with the lost sock.
But, that was some times.


The lost sock, remains forgotten in a drawer.
That is seldom opened.
With dwindling, hope that before the decay sets in,
the drawer is opened
and sock finds the other sock.
To be a pair again.