They stood there at the pinnacle of the world – holding each
other and thinking “where to go now from here?”
She asked – “Do you know what we need to do in order to
cross the pinnacle?”
He replied – “My dear, we are at the pinnacle. We can’t
cross it – we can just increase it”
For sake of avoiding the pain of thinking of a name I’ve
just named them he and she, meaning they can be anyone and everyone – Whatever
you might think of, or can make up.
She: “I’m not too comfortable standing here with all worries
gone and living just for each other.”
He: “Yes, it bothers me too but I can’t think of anything at
present on what to do.”
She: “How can such a thing happen to you? You’ve always been
the one who has all the answers, one who is knowledgeable. If you don’t know
the answer then who will?”
He: “Yes, I’ve known the answers and have treaded all the
paths but it was all because of you. Now standing at this point with the fear
that I might loose you has just made me lost. I can’t think of what to do.”
She: “You never treaded the path because of me; it was all
because of what you are. What you’ve been. You’ve always understood me whenever
I wanted to, and whenever not. You’ve given me space to do things when I needed
it, to be in solace. You’ve complemented me through the thick and thin. You’ve
made me what I am”
An obnoxious silence followed those words, one which they
had not known since they first met each other. Ominous signs were potent.
Today was the day when they had to part, today was the day
which they dreaded but they had always seen it coming sooner or later. Only
thing they could do was to delay the inevitable and their love had delayed it
for long, long enough for them to be in a phase where nothing mattered apart
from the peace of lying in each other’s arms and they had relished every moment
of it.
Yet, as destiny unfolded they stood there today. The day
they had to part ways.
She: “Why don’t you speak something?”
He: “I’m just short of words today, in fact maybe short of
everything this particular time. The very thought of living without you makes
me dwindle.”
She: “Are you crying?”
He: “You just know how to read me don’t you”
He started sobbing in her arms, letting his sorrow fade away
– washed by tears. At once he was at peace, peace that he had known how it
should be. His heart was lightened and sorrow started to disappear. A shimmer
of light was one thing that he could see again amongst others.
He: “It’s been a long fight and we’ve won”
She: “Yes, what seemed to end in 3 months has now crossed
18?”
At this point her voice began to falter, diminishing with
every bit.
He: “You need rest”
She: “That’s all that I’ll be doing from now on. For once
hug me tightly the way you used to”
He couldn’t utter a word at that request nor could think of
anything. He just grabbed her like he used to – one hand on shoulder and other
on waist and hugged her tightly, way he had been hugging her everyday for past
28 years.
She smiled, hugged him tightly. Her body twitched a bit and
then relaxed. He held onto it till he started to feel the coldness in her. With
dreaded thoughts he tried to look at her face.
It was calm as an ocean; she had passed away but with a
smile on her face. A smile which would generate another on his face – Same way
they had been doing for past 28.
Life had lost, Love had won.
