“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light
can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate:
only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“If you judge people, you have no time to love
them.”
― Mother Teresa.
― Mother Teresa.
"Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical
about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the
wrong person how beautiful it will be when the right one comes along."
-Anon
BASILICA CHURCH, GOA:
DATE: 01.09.12
Finally, I saw the smile on my Mom’s face. She is the best mother anyone
could ever have. Her sleepless nights in transforming me from a half corpse to
a human have finally succeeded. Adding to this, I finally agreed to marry the
girl she chose and her happiness had no boundaries.
I was reciting “the vows”, in a robotic style. Not that I’m not
regretting for the approval of this marriage, but it’s just that I don’t get
any special emotions on seeing this girl, even when she’s in the most beautiful dress any
girl can ever be in her entire life- The Bridal dress. I was just ‘observing’
her happiness in her eyes and smile on her lips. Just observing, not feeling
them! Then I started reciting, in “Tim Burton” style-
“With this hand I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty,
for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness.
With this ring, I ask you to be mine.”
MY HOME, GOA:
DATE: 01.08.12
The break up I had 3 months ago, still had a deep impact on me! In fact,
those wounds never heal! Gradually, I became addicted to drugs. At least, it
was the only thing that deprived me of my pain. As I began thinking more and
more about the past, dosage of drugs had to be increased to kill the pain. By
the time I realized that it’s just a waste of my future, I already became a
drug addict! There were days, when I just lived on drugs for weeks. My face
became swollen and my body- a half dead corpse! Of course, I lost the pain due
to break up, but in the process, I lost myself! My behaviour with the friends
too changed completely and I had no one to call a “friend” now! My mother
started worrying a lot and finally, one day, she threw away all the drugs and
locked me away in a room! In the process, I bit her, slapped her and even hit
her with my legs. But never did she lost the faith in me and she brought me
back into this world! All this time, there was Ananya, my neighbor who proposed me many years back, waiting!
BACK TO THE CHURCH:
“You may now kiss the bride”
And as we were about to kiss, I saw someone who grabbed my attention. I
felt my heart beating so fast and my eyes searching so hard for that person! Or
at least, I hoped that she would be there! And, yes. There she was, in a wheel
chair! There was the person who has my heart, of course broken. There was she, in
a state of paralysis, on a wheel chair; with tears rolling down her cheeks. She
was my Maya!
LAKE, BHOPAL:
DATE: 01.01.12
Finally, I have decided to propose her! We both knew it was coming and I
wanted to make it special. We went on a paddle boat and were slowly drifting
towards centre of the lake. Suddenly, it started raining. Smell of the rain was
fighting hard to dominate the fragrance of Maya, in vain! As she was playing with
the water below, my mind was playing with the eternal smile of her and thoughts, with her immortal beauty! As rain has just started, a drop fell on her face and
she was as lively as a beautiful flower with a few dew drops at its end. At the
same time, my heart was experiencing the fear that her face might be in pain due to
the roughness of those raindrops!
The breeze was sweeping her hair off her face, as her mole, on the lips
was sweeping me off my feet. The water below was eagerly jumping to kiss her
face as I was looking, envying them. As she was pulling my hand to show the fishes, I felt
like I was falling into the well of infinity! I could not hold it anymore and
said “Maya, we both know that this was coming. I promise you that I will be
holding your hand from this moment, forever and ever. No matter whatever may be
circumstances that try to separate us, I will never let go of you. All that I
need is a yes.” Even though, she was expecting this, she was completely
surprised and amid that heavy rain, I could feel a tear rolling down her eye
and slowly halting at her lips. That is a yes! I know it right away and then I
leaned forward to kiss those lips and we were in that state of bliss for hours
together!
As many love stories often end up, mine too was a victim of Distance
relationships. After the college, she went back to her native place, Hyderabad
and me- Goa. She kept on complaining that there’s no one to console her
personally at the time of need and no one to love her accordingly! She asked me
to shift to Hyderabad. But I could not leave my mother alone, at this age! One
day, she just messaged me, saying “It’s all over, don’t try to contact me.” And
after that everything was common- Change of SIM, blocking in fb and all the other
things! I came to know from my friends that her fb status the very next day,
was “Got rid of the pain and found my new love, at last!”
BACK AGAIN:
All these memories just flashed at once and the line “I will not
leave your hand at any circumstances” kept on recurring in my mind! Now she’s
back! For me! And she’s in such a pathetic condition. I felt like hugging her
then and there, leaving everything! But don’t know why, I chose the second
oath! I chose to be the soul mate of Ananya, the girl my mother has selected.
After “The Vow” which I took, agreeing to it wholeheartedly, Ananya started
looking completely different! I felt that she completed me! And then, I kissed
her, the bride, the soul mate and the complement!
TWO YEARS LATER:
After two years of treatment, Maya has completely recovered from her
paralysis caused in an accident. Ananya suggested adopting Maya to fill the
void created by the death of her parents in the same accident and we did the
same! I never broke both the vows. Never did I leave Maya alone in any problem,
nor did I share my heart with anyone else except Ananya!
