…….She stood at the gate…at the very spot where he had left her…
It was as if she was rooted to the ground there…
Incapable of movement……
Oblivious to the rain soaking into her..to the cold of the night….to the sound of the thundering of the clouds above..
Her sad, soft gaze had accompanied him till the end of the road…
After which, the treachorous turn had bereaved him of her eyes’ company…
And now vacant, they saw nothing of the lightning that cracked open the heavens…
The only thing she was conscious of was the feeling of a growing loneliness…seeping into her… threatening to engulf her whole being…
And she still stood there….utterly powerless against the potent pain in her heart….
And just then…when she thought she could endure it no more…a sudden memory returned to her in a flash…
It wasn’t hard to recollect….because it had happened just a few minutes ago…or was it a few hours back??..
She couldn’t tell for how long she had been glued there…
It was the memory of the last time he had hugged her…
With the memory, the warmth of the moment returned to her…
Spreading inside her…dislodging that dreadful pain…
Its place being taken by the warmth of love…his love…the very reason for her to continue to be…
She thought about the embrace…
About his whispered promise to return soon…
The completeness she had experienced in those few moments….
How alive she had been…how very alive…
She realized that she needed to feel that again…all of it…
And she knew he’d keep his promise to her…no matter what…
She gradually felt the strength of her body returning to her…
And she knew she couldn’t give up…
It wouldn’t be fair to them if she broke down…
He had promised to return…
And she knew that it was enough to keep her going…
She clung to that remembrance….
Playing and replaying it in her mind…
Deriving courage from it…from him…
For she knew he would salvage her…
The way he had done now…
The way he always did…
March 5, 2011 at 1:51 pm
@Ariel: Thank You, Sir! For visiting, reading, commenting and following! 🙂
March 5, 2011 at 5:42 am
A Well Written Lines. Nice to visit this blog. Thanks for your nice comment at my blog. keep
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Best
Philip
October 15, 2010 at 5:53 pm
@sana: thanks a lot dear! 🙂
October 15, 2010 at 11:42 am
splendid work!
i luv it 🙂
September 26, 2010 at 5:05 am
@pramila: thanks a lot dear!! 🙂 ya, maybe it's about time….esp after EC2.1 😛 not much hope in that field now…so i guess i'll need to explore other options soon! 😛
September 24, 2010 at 5:46 pm
WOW!! :):)
I agree with Gunjan on "It's about time Lekhika ji".. :):)
September 23, 2010 at 4:04 pm
@luv bhaiya: thanks!! 🙂
September 23, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I'm not much into the mushy-mushy stuffs. Still I found it interesting. Nice to see you blogging again. 🙂
September 23, 2010 at 12:55 pm
@gunjan n nimisha: thanks a ton!!!! glad to have the kindest (the kindness stemming from bias, of course!) set of readers!! 🙂 🙂 but please confine such comments for private conversations! it's kinda embarrassing! 😐
September 21, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Bhai Sahab !! I am stumped !! And I think you should make serious considerations about your career choices !! It's about time Lekhika ji 🙂 🙂
September 21, 2010 at 7:34 pm
can't really imagine how can anybody write so very well…was getting goose bumps while reading… :):)
tumhe toh novel likhna chaiye… :):)