Guardian angel !

Guardian angel !

As I walked past the bus stop,
the sight of a frail old woman
caught sight of my eyes.
She must be in her early seventies.
She looked fragile and transparent like a glass.
Fair , wrinkled skin covered her
smiling face!
Clad in pure white shirt
with few calming blue lines
which ran across vertically!
She wore dark grey trousers
which were too loose to hold
her long thin legs.

Her hair had a few streaks of black too,
To show the contrast between white and black!
Her nose was in a straight line
as if to denote a certain angle!
Thin pale lips were held tight
not to show a missing tooth within!
A black handbag was hanging
over her not so strong shoulder!

Her bent fingers held a phone with care
so as not to drop it even with a gentle blow of the wind!
While Scrolling through the screen
her eyes looked bright and excited
Was she playing a game?
or was she reading a poem?
or was she checking the arrival time of the bus?
Or did her children send the pictures of her grandchildren?
I couldn't guess what made her so happy.

Though the screen engulfed her attention
she was also ready to lift her head
to see what her dear husband,
who was sitting in the bus stop doing.
He was sitting there quietly
looking around like a child !
Waiting to be instructed by his loving wife
he sat there with his palms rested on the seat!
His eyes spoke that she was his guardian angel!

She saw the arriving bus and
shoved the phone into her handbag.
Shook her head as a signal to say
That was the bus they were waiting for.
He looked at her and pressed his palms strong on the seat,
Lifted his not so cooperative body
and walked slowly towards the bus.
She waited for him to get in first
and then got into the bus.
The bus drove past me .
Then did I realize that she had left
A lasting memory within me.........