It’s been a long
time that we last met and that we spoke to each other. The last time we met we
had so much to tell that we could hardly talk. Perhaps that was the reason I
couldn't even utter a word. In the moments of desperation you hardly understand
what needs to be done. And I was no different either. There was a time when I
could hardly imagine a day that we never spoke, we never met each other. And
now that seems to be the order of life. Few years down the line there's
hardly anything that has changed around, except for me being indifferent to
most of the things. Had I known that that was our last meeting, there are a few
things that I would have done differently.
I wanted to talk
to you. I wanted to love you. I wanted to let you know that you are very much a
part of my world. A world, where out of the very few bright lights, you were
one. I wanted to make you feel this is what we were meant to have. And that is the
best thing that could have happened to both of us. It may seem absurd now but believe
me that would have been the thing I would have really done. There nothing more
beautiful in this world than the feeling of being wanted. Of being loved. And
in the process lose yourself entirely in the world of others. It’s not a
sacrifice that you make; it’s actually a discovery that you make that fills
your world with light. More vibrancy, more energy than ever before. And you
kind of start to like it the moment you step into it. There is nothing absurd
about it. It all seems possible now.
The highway is
empty and the lights are dim. Distant views seem hazy. The cigarette puff
glowing bright. That’s not the things I wanted but I guess I am left with
things that are hard to get away with. I am glad you came and you are still
beautiful to me. And it still feels good. And it still runs deep. The nights
will come and go but not the feelings. I am slowly getting drenched by the
haziness of your thoughts. Unperturbed I was when I bid the final goodbye. But
I guess the moment was so intense that I never found my way out of it. It’s
going to be a long long time before I recollect myself. But sometimes as they
say you know not what you are worth until you lose it in the being. This
soliloquy of nothingness is killing me. And it’s nothing but a wandering soul lost
in the making trying his way out of the dark. But when your sole existence is
at stake, I guess it doesn't make any difference anymore.
We were an
indelible mark on the sands of time, yet as we would have it, would remain
strangers to each other forever. And walk that path, the way it’s meant to
be...
I am so sorry, I am BPL...just loved it..hope I could write something like this.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot buddy. It means a lot. Thanks again. :)
DeleteIts a late goodbye...such a late goodbye...
ReplyDeleteWe keep driving into the night. A late good-bye... Indeed.
DeleteThe hard part about the article is it materializes the meaning of truly having lost - in absolute clarity. It focuses on the helplessness. It doesn't try to be a hero and simply focuses on the protagonist as if he/she were not the focus, were not the main character, as if he/she is the one who is just murmuring void nothings at what destiny has bought him/her onto.
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautifully crafted piece from a general audience view as it simply lays down the long lost feelings that most of us live with. There is vocab excellence in describing the ''walking'together or apart'' part.
Great write. Feels much more great when read with a tranquil song playing in the background.
Loved it. Absolutely.
Thanks Pru. You have aptly put it as the hard part. Sometimes some things are to be taken as they come by. And this was no different.
DeleteIt started with a simple thought and by the time it was at denouement the void nothings had already taken shape. As Shakespeare said once "Oh, how this spring of love resembleth, The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all beauty of the Sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away"
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