Love Lives

Love lives

She asked him whether he can promise her that he will take her on a
candlelight dinner, on a full moon light, just the two of them sailing
in a boat, having pastas and pizzas. He said, "Yes".

Though, he was scared, but then also Joshua was convinced that he would
be able to do what he had promised. Perhaps his belief in love
convinced him, perhaps.

After two days the day arrived, it was the birthday of her beloved, the
day when Joshua was expected to fulfill the promise. He waited for
night to arrive, the moon to rise and sparkle, and then he brought
her.

The boat a small, made of wood, was waiting, sometimes inviting, some
times scaring. The phobia of water, of drowning which was a part of
Joshua's life had surprisingly vanished. Presence of love drowns even
the fear of drowning, believe in love they say.

He started rowing, helped by the soft breeze soon they found themselves
in the middle of the lake, just the two of them. The calm, silent blue
water had silently accepted the intrusion of the small intruder.

When in love, people become careless, worldly affairs become of no
importance, the feelings that arise from deep within the heart, engulfs
your mind, hear and soul. So neither of them were surprised when they
discovered that the pizzas, the pastas were now far from their reach,
as both of them forgot to bring it. In his mind he was happy, for there
will much more time to look into each others eyes, more time to spend
while holding each other hand, and just that extra time to bid the
final goodbye, the last farewell.

As if with magic, Joshua took out a bottle of champagne, it was very
old, of high class, as it would be discovered later on. She was
astonished, but he was not. After its content was emptied, it was
allowed to drift in the waiting arms of the lake.

Their was no need of speaking, for words would have betrayed what they
wanted to say, and even if they spoke words would have failed to
express their feelings and emotions which can only be comprehended by
those who have experienced it. Joshua then spoke, the expressions on
his face were that of calmness, as if he had been waiting for a moment
and that moment was finally about to arrive. He only wanted to live
this moment, and he desired the moment to last forever.

Then he said softly, " Why were u leaving me behind?" for he knew that
she only had few days to keep her eyes open to breath, to feel any
emotion, for after those few days, all these things would cease to
exist, for she herself would cease to exist, she was dying, her heart
had failed her.
Emotions got the better of him, and after a while he spoke, the
dilemma, the pain, visible in his eyes. "My dear, my love sometimes you
and many times I must have thought of living happily, spend the
remaining life with each other, hand in hand, but fate was not on our
side, and like true lovers we shouldn't try to go against our destiny,
and it has been decided that we will slowly embrace death, welcome it
with open arms, for the champagne we just drank will not allow us to
live more then the moments we need".

She just kept staring, as if to say that she was now happier more
content, and she slowly embraced him, fell into each other's arm, and
they waited.

The boat drifted, the moonlit sky turned black, the moon was covered by
a patch of clouds and it rained?They died, their love did'nt.

Abhinandan Mishra
mishra_abhi@indiatimes.com