lost in the crowd

She was raised in a small conservative family. She got married at an early age and moved to a big city. She always had those dreamy wings which she cut off for marriage, family and her children. She gave up a part of her independence to enable her children to be better poeple. Over the years with truckloads of responsibilities she lost touch with herself.

Today I met her at a shop. I was waiting outside the fitting room for my friend to come out. ThereI saw her coming in with 3 dresses in hand. She nodded at me. I smiled back and tried to trace her. After a while she came outside wearing one of the dresses, her eyes searching for someone's approval. It seemed her rebellious little daughter had ran off to the hip corner of the store to check out the season's new arrivals. Her disappointed empty gaze returned to me. 

I nodded back, my eyes saying 'You look nice'. 

Her smile said 'thank you'.

I think we made each other's day today.

~nightflier