ON YOUR ARMS …a narrative

The joy of being loved is far beyond human expression. Words cannot explain and neither can it show how much you love your Beloved. Everything large that is imaginable to our knowledge becomes small. Universes that are billions of light years away fall too short of their distance. Together, you could show your love, but when distant, you ache for words that can tell and show how much you love your Beloved. In the end, the only words that escapes our mouth is, “I love you, and love you a lot.” Yet, you know these words still haven’t conveyed the love you actually want to show. You wish you could rip your heart open and show it, take it out and give it to your Beloved, or even, change your hearts so that your Beloved beats in you, and you beat in hers…

Yet, the distance was no longer there between Pratik and his Beloved. He went to her arms. And when they met, time seemed to freeze. Movements, words and their smiles took eternity to complete. The only sound one could hear was that of their thumping hearts …aching….racing…confused and joyous. Who could explain that joy that bliss…Both ached for an embrace and their mumbling lips, just for a kiss….

The colossal reality of a long waited dream finally seemed to end. Patience had its own sweet reward. Both struggled to hold their breaths and ached for a kiss, an embrace. Yet, nothing would come save smile that fought for words in futile…nothing save tears of joy in the other’s eye.

Not before a gust of wind blew that they knew of the distance. A blink of an eye, and they were in the other’s arms. The setting Sun that once had stood still at the backdrop finally seemed to set behind the mountains and pave ways for the full moon and the stars…

And when they were in the other’s arms, finally they spoke; softly, tenderly so that no one could hear…

“I love you,” was all he had said and his Beloved tightened her grips and held him as close as possible. In delightful tears, she whispered, “I love you too and love you forever and more.”

Coming to your arms

It seems forever that I’m lost in your memories…the wonderful yesteryears springs in my heart and I am absorbed into it.

Your presence reminds me how lucky I am. Love indeed comes as a surprise in accordance to time. I reckon that you’ve been the best part of my life…and you’ll always be. If time tests our patience, it in the end gives us the best reward. And my reward has been you.

The more I love you, the more I tend to know some part of me…and the more I know about me, the more I love you...

My Beloved, with your words of acceptance, I have nothing further to write more. What I have in my heart, I further cannot show it to you. The only word that comes when I attempt to write is the three words; I love you and love you forever.

The joy you’ve brought to my life, I cannot explain in words. I wonder if it was my destiny or my fate that I met you…that our paths crossed bringing us joy and jest. But now that I’ve found you, I’ll cherish you forever and long.

I further cannot accept the distance between us. The miles seem eternity before I reach in your arms. I shall not wait any longer. I just want you to know that this time, I’m coming for you…coming to be with you forever in your arms…coming back to the village where I ran barefoot to catch the sun…to hold the sun if only for a moment…..

And now that I’ve caught the sun, I feel its warmth…and this time for eternity….

Forever shall we live in its warmth and I hand you a promise of love till death do us apart.

Yours and yours forever,

Pratik

I Love You Too

Dear Beloved,

Maybe I have caught the sun, but undoubtedly, the sun has caught me. It is better late than never and yes, as always, I love you too. This is the best gift I’ve ever received on my birthday and I will cherish you forever…be there more for you and give you all my happiness and never let you shed a tear or two.

My Beloved, I read your letter over and over again. I was subdued by joy. When I came to the end, I wished you had written more because I wanted to read more from you. As a result, drowned into a never-ending circle of reading and rereading your letter. I had all the time in the world, as you said.

I have no words to express how happy I am. I love you too, and forever. I want to write but words fail to come. Thus, I want to put an end to my letter and yes, I Love You too.

The sun has caught me, and I am feeling its warmth…feeling the cold winter fade away on your touch.

Love you forever as always,

Yours and only yours,

Pratik

A Birthday’s Gift

Dear Pratik,

I wish you a wonderful year ahead on this special day, the day of your birthday. With all my heart, I wish you all the joys, happiness and success for ever.

Yesterday, I thought about you for a long time and remembered our bygone days. Do you remember how you were?...how you would run barefoot to catch the sun for me?...and when you couldn’t, you’d say that you tried…ran quick…the only problem was that the sun ran quicker…
Once I had said that you can’t catch it, and you had said, “I will some day…she can’t be far from my reach forever…and even if she does, I’ll thrive to eternity to reach her…”

Do you still chase the sun for me Pratik? Or have you held it? Or have you almost gotten it? I continue to wonder…

I thought of writing to you a long time ago…but I wanted to wait…wait to let you know what my heart’s been begging to say for a very long time of silence…

I love you too Pratik. Indeed, I love you more than anything else in the world…more than words can express.
Since the beginning I had loved you, yet I had refrained it because I feared…feared that I might stop loving you or you may do so…or we both mad do…feared that time would turn and prey not just us but our love as well…
Yet Pratik, I now no longer can avoid your love because of fear. I no loner want to affect my present and the joy it brings on by predicting future…I no longer care the future…as a matter of fact, there is no future but eternal present…the very moment where we live, smile, love and hold each other in arms and reclaim the missed fragrance of love…

The months of silence taught me many things which I had never learnt…the major being what I have just expressed…

My Love, my only Love and only Love, I have loved you more in these silences…my heart has beat a million times calling your names and expressing my love…wondered about you and longed your warm embrace…

My Love, what I learnt in the silence is it true? There is no future…isn’t it? And neither should we affect our present and the joy it brings by imagining the future…am I not right my Love? I know I am…and even if you disagree, I will grow stubborn this time and make you accept it…no matter what!!!

My joy today has overflowed to express my love that I’ve tried to debar for a long time. Maybe I can continue talking…its as if I have so much to say…so much I want you to listen…I don’t care if I bore you by this long letter…neither do I care if I take your long time…time can wait today…and it must wait…and if it doesn’t, I don’t care!

My Love, no more words today. I know I can write more, but you can’t read more!!!
I’m smiling with every word I’m writing…

Happy Birthday once again my Love.
I love you too.

Maybe you have caught the sun…or the sun’s caught you!!!

Love you too forever,

Yours and only yours,

Beloved.