Just a thought..

The conversation had been going on for sometime now.

Then the moment came for what should have been said. It was the perfect moment, when even the simple words become profound in meaning, convey a lot more than is said, find their interpretation from what has already been said as if the whole point of the conversation was to set up a stage for it.

But he said something entirely different. That was because what should have been said had not come to him at that time. It came to him an instant later, when the moment was past.

But he couldnt say it now. Because it had lost its context and thus its relevance. Saying it then would have been demeaning to it, an irreverence, a sacrilege.

He regretted his slip up. Rued it until much later. The guilt hounded him for the rest of the conversation and even afterwards.

So it remained thus. Just a thought, lost to the ears, never to be uttered again.