Truly Madly Deeply by Faraaz Kazi & Faraaz

Author:Faraaz Kazi & Faraaz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pustak Mahal
Published: 2012-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

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APOLOGIES AND AFFECTIONS!

Rahul’s lips twitched, mocking him with a lopsided smile, as he sat on the dull grey park bench, alone! It was dark and the eerie silence did not register with him. His presence was like a shadow. He glided along the road, hauling himself over the three feet wall– as the rusty gate disturbed the quietude of the place – and came to sit here in the middle of the night. The park was covered with snow and the night air was chilly. But Rahul no longer felt the cold.

Sometimes he would lie down in the park on the snowy blades with his hand acting as a pillow and the moonlit sky as his blanket. The sensations of his body had long taken their leave along with the emotions of his heart. He watched the stars around the moon, sparkling and mischievous. All he did was watch the stars and look for them even when they were not easily noticeable in the seamless sky. But when it would be a cloudless night, they would meet his gaze and there would be no breaks in their stories.

He imagined that the same stars that watched over him, watched over her, too. They were the only link that remained between

the two of them, the only route from the past to the present and vice versa.

As the stars extended themselves; their nature attracted his observation. They took him to the time he longed to see, and put him exactly where he needed to be.

The fire and longing in his heart had burnt down to a little spot in his chest but that little spot was enough to ensure that he felt warm. He let them merge themselves into a stone in his heart. He tried to stop his longing which came in sudden flashbacks, bringing intermittent pain. He would have preferred a continuous torture until it all would gradually subside, but the pain would not leave him. It remained a loyal companion, when none were available, it was there and he did not even have to search for it. It came to him like the tide that hits the sea. Sometimes it would delay its arrival but it would come all right, sooner or later. It found him, wherever he was, whatever he did.

He tried to think about this place, its people, but the only thoughts that came to his mind were those that contained Seema and the only days he lived in were long gone from his life. He tried hard to shut them out but they were his only link with a potentially beautiful past. He neither dreamt of his future like he used to nor did he acknowledge his present – the beautiful snow all around, the traditions of his new school, the support of Sahil whom he hardly spoke to and the presence of gorgeous blondes all around that could have made someone his age go stiff with temptation. The little showers of blessings went unnoticed and uncared for.

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