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I am really sorry

Tom Hanks

I should not have messaged you

asking you to check my tribute to you

it was never anything special

not a national emergency

that deserved your attention

all I wanted

was a simple hi

from you

now I realize

some wishes

are beautiful

even when they stay wishes

so please

do not feel obliged to reply

even if you smile

after reading this silly poem

that would be enough

because I have seen you smile

through so many films

and I think

it is one of the loveliest smiles

ever captured on screen

though I doubt

these cheeky lines

will make you smile

after watching

You’ve Got Mail

I started treating

every email

like a small surprise

even the spam

I let my inbox

fill beyond reason

hoping that one day

someone from heaven

if they have Wi-Fi

if Steve Jobs has already

set one up there

might write

saying

I want to meet you

fingers crossed

meeting them

will not become

my final day

otherwise

I would spend

another sleepless night

like Sleepless in Seattle

I do not know

at which Terminal

life will leave me

or which wave

will Cast Away

my dreams

I have always been

a lover

never a Ladykiller

understanding

a woman’s heart

has remained

my own

The Da Vinci Code

and all my life

I have been

on a mission

like Forrest Gump

trying to find

my childhood crush

but life

keeps running

faster than me

Dear Tom Hanks

she knows

I am not alone

sometimes

I walk with angels

sometimes

I argue with demons

both of them

living quietly

inside the human heart

and somewhere

between them

I keep writing

hoping

one day

a simple hello

finds its way

home.