Caramel jeans torn and bedraggled, his favorite books are half swallowed by mud ants. The bulb that glowed brighter whenever she came was now soiled. The picture frame, brown borders with metallic finish is all rusted and muddied. His desk is now a never ending feast to termites, slowly dying in the darkness. Curtains are stuck to their places. No window has been...
Paper boats, are you crazy? We are no more kids! Move now……. But I stood at the stream wearing my office suit holding the half folded paper, creased on the side, torn from the book…..the book which fell off my working desk by the thrust of the last tear!! Hurt? Can lifeless things be hurt, no…yes…..don’t know!!! That book was the records of...
"So do you have memories? The one drenched in rain, smoked in the Italian pasta, burnt in the chocolate and lived by two hearts? Do you... The huge rock that read the name of the restaurant, huge, blotted staring at me from a distance. The 3 steps distance from you, your smile, your fragrance, yes….. 3 steps, I was counting every inch that stood between us, every breathe I took to reach you, every thought that I thought. 43 images of you flashed before me till I reached you. Now blank…yes… just staring at you!! You looked up, smiled and drew back to the wall. Retro world ambiance tangled with the dazzling lanterns of this world covered in the mist of fragrances made you look prettier. Sitting under the silly flowers which thought can save us from the tears of sky. Silly flowers... weren't they? Yes … she muttered. The sky decided to light itself with the moon and the two desperate candles on our table decided to burn for us. Yes us…the two of us who were none but two strangers two days back… who now have everything clear on their mind and nothing clear on their plates, not eating! Everything seemed to have calmed down…the clocks have stopped, the earth has gone stagnant, everyone froze but we lived, breathed, dreamed, loved each other. Yes …. The two of us who will never be strangers again. So I have a memory!! Do you?"
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