APPARATUS:
- One Computer
- A Net connection
- One Box of Tissues
- Electricity (if in B.I.T. pls don't read during exam time.....)
- Lot's of Patience (may as well call it as how to waste 15 mins. behind a measly web-page!!!)
PROCEDURE:
- We first check and see if anybody was around, and if found were kicked out.
The door was firmly latched, mobiles switched off and all active chat windows were closed.
The box of tissues was carefully opened.
Read along..........
“Don’t, please don’t leave”, I said
Flashing a somnolent smile, she shook her head,
“I have to, my folks are waitin’..
”only a matter of two days”, she said contemplatin’.
"Eons would end before these two days do,
how, just how do you expect me to live without you?”
“Just try n understand, you have to lemme go”
And as she voiced those words, I spoke no more.
Leaving her nestled hand, placing It where it belonged
I took two steps back, as the silence prolonged.
As she forged a smile, her puckered lips unfurled and bent,
In an expression that said cheerio, I’ll miss you, she meant…
I walked away from her till into the horizon her shadows strew,
And when I checked my phone, an unread message was due.
“ u cud hv said gdbye” it read,
“well… I wasn’t ready….” I said.
crickets crooning in a concert a lonely moon lit up the night sky,
I messaged that reminiscent number Which read ”chk ur mail.. bbye :)”
The glint in her eyes was doused,
Enveloped in the eternal sleep
In a casket she was housed.
There she lay, With A white lily in her palms
And a placid smile on her face,
Adorned in an angels gown
An epitome of beauty, serenity and grace..
Even the heavens were in mourning
the horizon was cloaked with snow,
and as a token of their lament
a branch flittered down the cypress bough.
The silence was screeching in my ears
All around me people were whining,
Seeking alleviation I looked skywards
Clouds aplenty, but alas, there was no silver lining.
The final nail in the coffin was to be struck,
The last remaining rights had been read,
The bishop beckoned to eulogize the deceased
Ignoring her kinsmen, I was called upon instead..
“I refuse to eulogize my beloved
Coz eulogizing her would be accepting her death,
In every pulse I can feel her love,
Her fragrance still lingers in my every breath”
“her love’s been like the guiding star
In the dark and lonely night,
Death’s a transition, the soul is eternal
Her memories shall forever show me the light”
“And of what basis is our religion
About which we so proudly boast,
Burying a body after death,
Is there no difference between a human and compost”
Tears welled up in my eyes
My voice could no longer succor my emotions,
Gasping incessantly I was, at the pain
of being Separated from my lifelong devotion……
As I sat deluded by the carriage window
Staring aimlessly at the desolate scenery,
With a carpet of fallen leaves beneath me
But devoid of even a trace of greenery
While in my heart I prayed to god
please give her back to me
for just one more day,
if you then sentence me to a thousand deaths,
then so you very well may
one day, to relish true love’s one last kiss
all that I ask for is one more chance
to clasp her in my arms and hug her,
to cherish her innocent giggles and maybe, that one last dance.
To profess my undying love for her
just one more day, that’s all I am asking from you
and while in course of my thoughts
I was engulfed in a deep sense of déjà vu….
PART TWO: NOSTALGIA
The day’s as fresh in my mind as yesterday,
memories that instinctively light up my face,
the day when life looked so beautiful,
the day when all seemingly fell into place.
the day when each passing second was a lifetime,
a lifetime fulla’ joy and pleasure
the day when love looked viable,
the day I so fondly treasure.
The day we both were on the stage
Dramatizing eternal lovers of yore,
The day when I could say the unsaid
A day from which I could ask no more!
The setting was surreal, the décor extravagant
The apparel was unthrifty,
Only a handful teams were to be chosen
Out of more than a fifty .
To the almighty they all plead
“let us through god, for the sake of our schools reputation”
While I for one, was nurturing love in my heart,
In midst of all the anxiety and anticipation.
“O savior of the underdogs, The messiah of benevolence
Thou haft the might to upturn raging tides,
How arduous is it for you To variegate a scroll thence?”
“all I ask you for O omnipotent is an opportunity,
To subsist with my beloved another vesper,
To take her in my arms and sing the enchanted ditty”
“I don’t solicit a victory,
all my heart craves for is another day,
to say to her what I rehearse in my dreams,
to posses her an ephemeral, is all that I pray!”
but I’d preceded our prestige with my love
in a bid to be among the elite six,
guilt and shame engulfed me thereafter,
I felt like Judas facing a crucifix...
The awaited results begun to be announced
Relinquishing the anguish lasting hours,
“Please, o almighty just this one time” I plead
And lo! By gods grace, the sixth name was ours!
Thanking god I glanced her way,
as I ogled at her visage metamorphose
From pensive to elated, she capered with joy,
As if heckling the also-rans, who stood counting their toes!
At her I gazed, dazed and amazed
Like a child in an unmanned candy store,
she pranced around as though giddy with exult,
Like a cloud my heart begun to soar.
I stood stupefied by the sheen of her radiance
Hoping may this moment never end,
Her numinous beauty and enchanting charisma
Were singing a thousand ballads in my head...
she placed a soft, smoky glance on me
with her eyes all inquisitive,
with such innocence she asked, “what happen’d?”
that there wasn’t a answer I could give.
I yearned to hug her, caress her
More than anything I had ever desired,
My lips, incapable to voice my emotions
Finally blurted “I’m just tired!”
She nodded her head and gently smiled
As I tried to return the favor,
“I’m so happy to see you happy” I mumbled
But She was talking with her neighbor….
The final hour of performance had arrived
The pageant was ‘bout to culminate,
On his deathbed lay Romeo
While his darling sniveled at their fate..
The milieu was somber, lighting mellow
the ambience laden with fog,
while In midst of her colloquy, convulsions struck her
As if her lungs were choked with smog.
The wind got knocked outta’ her
Unable to draw in a single breath,
Her tears trickling into my gaping mouth
Were enough to awaken me from death..
I embraced her cheeks with my palms
Into her petrified eyes I gazed,
Disregarding the scenario, I began speaking
Leaving the judges cynical and audience amazed
My touch allayed her furrowed brow
as she firmly clasped my arms,
her eyes plead
“don’t let go off me, unfetter me of my qualm”
“dry your tears, O my dear
Let the gasping cease,
Death’s all but a steppingstone
Into the heavenly seas..
Our Love’s eternal, and can be killed by no
Venom nor barbaric knife,
If not in this then perhaps another,
We shall be together in life..”
“Like the expanse of the cosmos
And the depth of an abyss,
My love for you is infinite,
Loves my religion, reverie my worship
And you dear, are my Aphrodite”
"I’ve forever adored you o precious
From the day our eyes first met…..”
overcome by the sway of the moment I took her name,
instead of saying Juliet!!
Astounded, dumbfounded, enchanted she sat,
I veneered my words with a kiss,
She kissed me back and drenched me with love,
As I reveled in heavenly bliss………
The buggy braked abruptly with a jerk
Rousing me from my trance,
As the child sitting in front of me
Gave me a weepy glance..
His father gently held his hand
As they both got up to leave,
The child picked up a gift-wrapped box,
And wiped his eyes with his sleeve.
As he quietly made his way out
He glanced my way again,
And I felt as if, of all people
This kid could best feel my pain..
I looked outside and what I saw
Was like a painting come alive,
Upon a frozen lake, sat a solitary lass,
Fishing in the hostile clime’!
She was humming an elusive tune
was draped in a woolen tog,
Her little fingers sculpted the snow
While her pole rested on a log
A startling shriek broke the lull
As her slackened thread got taut,
She sprang into action perfervidly,
Winding the reel on the pivot..
Her face dazzling with diligent zeal
As if granted a lifelong wish,
She frantically whirled the crank around,
Expecting a swarm of fish..
She frolicked at her trivial catch,
Like a flower in full bloom..
While on the other side of the lake
Life looked engulfed in gloom...
The lad meandered his way through,
Where ice gave way to slush.
He stumbled and fumbled all along
Like a cripple without a crutch.
he snugly held the box with him
as if embracing its contents,
while his father steadily guided him,
wherever those young legs went.
he stopped near a hoary rock,
and upon it placed the box,
while a gentle breeze, to dry his tears
caressed his golden locks...
he took out a glassy pitcher from it
which had a speck of gold,
it glimmered and floated all about
like an ember getting cold.
his hands trembled at its sight
I could faintly hear him gasp,
His father overcome with apprehension
Freed it from his clasp.
He filled up the remaining half with water
And said a silent prayer..
While the boy stared at the golden speck
With eyes full of despair..
Those haunting eyes that said so much,
What words can never say,
The gaff of death impaled his soft heart
Flooding it with dismay...
The glass coffin was placed in water
And nudged along the sleet,
Like a sinking ship it tumbled beneath
the frozen white sheet...
opposite to him the little girl,
stood still like a stave,
as she watched the little goldfish descend,
into its watery grave..
her puerile glee gave way to remorse
her eyes were doused with tears,
in moments she had acquired the wisdom,
we fail to learn in years...
true love is not always holding back,
sometimes its setting ’em free..
if they come back then very well rejoice,
or else they never belonged to thee..
she gently stroked the limpid fish,
wriglin’ and wigglin’ with all its might,
and unflinchingly dropped it back in water
waving her hands in delight...
My heart was aching, my vision blurred
inside me I felt weak..
a gust of wind felt particularly cold
along two lines on my cheeks...
once again I wept uninhibited
but this time with more joy than sorrow,
enlightened by the experience I felt,
torn between the pages of yesterday and tomorrow..
In life, we have to let our beloveds go
coz if not us, someday they have to,
we all enter into this world crying,
try and leave this world cryin’ behind you…….
The next morn’ I was welcomed back, with an unexpected sight
She stood beside my college gate, pensive and uptight.
I sneaked behind her and greeted her, with my mobile beep
She smiled at me, amazed, with eyes devoid of sleep.
“I read your mail over and over, and I cried all the way,
When I said ,let me go, that’s not what I meant to say!”
“Well.. a girl’s mind like the exchange, is somethin’ no one can predict,
What they say and what they actually mean, may very well contradict!!”
She smiled as if, concurrently complimented and condemned,
And said “ All night long, a question bugged me to no end….”
“Are you actually ready to bid adieu, to finally let go of me?”
With unparalleled nonchalance I replied “Well no...... I never will be”
Her lips were quivering and with her breath heaving
She said, “you no longer have to, coz I ain’t leaving….”
OBSERVATIONS:
The number of tissues consumed was found to be = ______
(no manipulations please..)
COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS:
To be written in comment box, plzzzzzz..
