DIAMOND FOR TEARS
I rang her up to tell her that I was going. The phone rang several times, and the pause between each ring seemed like an eternity. With each passing ring my heart sank deeper, deeper thinking she hadn’t forgiven me. Finally a voice broke the silence. A voice I was so desperate to hear for so long. She seemed dazed at first, but when she found out it was me, the emotions in her voice were palpable. I didn’t have it in me to speak to her for long. I was too overcome myself. In two short sentences I told her that I would be leaving for England the following evening, never to come back. I felt that this way it would be best for us both. I asked her for forgiveness....but all I could hear was the beeping of a hung up line.
time had run out for our relationship, and Fate wasn’t smiling on us either. Sometimes i felt the heavens were happy seeing us falling apart. I spent another sleepless night, another lonely hollow night thinking of her and....and my mistake.
Morning, and I was gearing up for the journey, saddened by the thought of leaving the country. Leaving Her. it was the afternoon flight so I was in a haste. Haste was the one thing that had been with us all through. We met in a haste, I proposed in a haste, she accepted in a haste....and then one day she mistook me in a haste. But that was the past and I knew nothing could be done now. That’s why I was leaving.
I sat at the airport lounge looking at people pass by, trying to find myself in them. But i was lost. Lost and not sure of myself.
In all the faces I saw , there was one strangely familiar. It was her. I couldn’t believe my eyes. She had come to see me go. I was excited and disappointed at the same time.
I got up as she approached. I could tell by the look in her eyes that she hadn’t slept too. she looked so beautiful, just the way i had last seen her. A subtle "hi" was so estranging, it almost felt heart shattering. We stood there gazing at each other as the final boarding announcement was made. I picked up my bag and made my way across the lounge, trying to avoid the eyes that had so much in them. Love, affection, anger, questions and I wasn’t ready for all that. As I approached the gate I turned around for a final look. That’s when I saw something sparkling in her eyes, making their way down her cheek. Two drops of tears sparkling like the most beautiful diamonds. they said it all. I was frozen in my path.
My treasure was here , where was I going then? She stood right there so helpless, so in need of me, what was I doing? She meant the world to me and today i made her cry. I belonged here with her and nothing would make me leave her now. I retraced my steps back to her and held her in the tightest hug. I guess Fate was smiling on us after all. To hell with what the world was thinking. I was happy and i was happy and I was happy.............................
THATS ALL FOLKS!!!
Sameer Singh
Y5401
room 319/ hall2
samsingh@iitk.ac.in
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