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He wiped her tears off and walked away silently…..

He wiped her tears off and walked away silently…..

Losing hurts! He knew,
her last words: Sorry!
Tore his heart apart, as if a child had been abandoned.
He realized that one day he will have to learn to lose but then he wanted to confront his limit of efforts, he broke out every guilt he was holding inside his heart and began to shatter every moment – little by little. His naive heart never understood that the sophisticated world of feelings – emotions and reality mirrors- would never let two lovers relish their moments.

He knew but never paused!
She screamed in agony, wishing to hold him near her heart for the very last moment but he couldn’t dare to turn back cause he knew once he keeps he won’t be able to leave her.
It’s the other part of love that turns our grey. Fists shut in frustration and eyes drenched in pain, they both succumbed in love. The realm showed No Mercy! Why it has to be them?

Memories hit back hastily and the anxieties started to make sense, it was not meant to be but the heart never recognized.
They knew, the wounds might heal but the scars would remain, it’s a blessing of war they indicate.
Piece by piece they shall build the highest wall of not loving again.
It’s crazy how we approve things in life in one go,
but it takes us years to build them in us and then suddenly you have to let everything go .
Lovers may come and go, funerals and births take place every hour …
it’s ” the rule of the realm my friend ” Nothing stays anyways”
But
She grabbed his arm in the name of – last desperation she could have expressed to him. Cause they realized this love there, the hearts, the tears, the bond will never happen again… he wanted to beg for her forgiveness, even it wasn’t anyone’s fault but he wanted to save whatever was slipping that moment, they regret – this step towards never and nothing is hell to them.

– Trisha and Nafis

Tomatoes that never reached!

When I was six,  my grandma used to tell me myths about an old man who lived across the alley but never came out of his house!
One day I started leaving small fresh tomatoes ( plucked from my backyard ), near his door (my grandma once told me he loved tomatoes ). And one day he showed up, although he appeared scary I ended up chatting with him and then I started leaving two extra tomatoes near his door every Sunday. He lived all alone, so for the favour of tomatoes, he narrated me beautiful stories. Eventually, I became very fond of him and his stories! We used to have steamed sweet potatoes together while he often amazed me with toffees every weekend. Soon I had to leave for a new city, I promised him I will return soon.
I returned, I was 14 by then, during the fall but till the moment I rushed out to see him, I got to learn that he left the world already and I was carrying the tomatoes for him – that never really reached him .

I wonder how little relations like this can matter heavy at times  – mid of all our occupied life when we keep these small relationships , they make us feel solace , they don’t charge much – just our presence is all they need!

The house is still empty with a long stillness as if it still asks me to visit – but I think I can never muster up the courage to go there again.

Date? No!! Just barging into each other’s company.

We met by an Obelisk,
His eyes staring mine,my dupatta wavered ,
a simple conversation started with a dance offer,
Eyes rolled, balance worked and the wind was smoother than ever .
Date? No,no !
we went by hawkers,
tasted the spices of streets,
sweets and drinks of bazaar!
Daytime stalls and small shoppings,
She sipped the chai from plate ,
Haul her hairs soflty from the front,
helping her wear jhumka  .
Sharing the best garden seat with someone for the first time.
A day out finally
to visit each others memories ,
to visit each others haven,
to visit a place
where  she buried her memories .

And that’s how we ended
Sharing sorrows after smiles .