I have done something really bad, I need to confess. I made a promise and then broke it. Pretty basic you say? Not for me. I don't do it like that. I never make commitments and back out like that. Worse still I did it to a friend. My friends are a special handful and I try to keep them close to my heart. I think I am heartbroken.

The scene: two months ago one of my friends extracted a promise from me that I show her my work. I agreed to mail it to her on a said date. The day came and went away. The work an entanglement of sorts. So it was double jeopardy, first I could not meet the deadline and second it (still is) lay unfinished.
For the past two months I have been clueless. This is new territory for me, for the keeper of deadlines and writer of crisp copy.