Part 1 "ALLEGORY"

“I love you too” She said and looked directly in to my eyes. I could not escape them; I felt her eyes dissecting every vein, every nerve of my body. I could not speak a word, I tried but I did not have the potency. I had never been more content ever in my life and this loss of strength was completely unexpected. Happiness they say is the best cure for all pain and trouble, It dries away all the roughness, and blisters of a fading life journey. I was not sure if I was undergoing the same transition process. 

I clasped her hand in mine and tried to search words for us to strike a conversation but nothing seemed to work. The transition was complete; we did not need words to strike a chord, to sing a note, to evoke a conversation. I looked at her and she smiled, her eyes glowed bringing a surreal peace, a glow to everything present near us. Those eyes reflected love; they displayed submission, Submission not to any superiority but Submission to a love, a love which was binding us together. We quietly sat there holding hands, I could feel my heart racing, I had never imagined this to be the truth, and I had never thought she could love me too. I sat there; transfixed, the cool breeze was blowing past us and there was nothing we could hear except the sound of our heartbeats. Her hair was playing with the breeze, so timidly and melodiously, I could see the breeze acknowledging the warmth of her beauty. With a gentle touch her hair sailed pass my eyes, The touch gave me an electric shock , My nerves seem to blurt out with this sudden explosion of warmth , I could not move a muscle , It was trance and I was experiencing sublime ecstasy. “I never thought someone could love me so much, it’s a lot to take, why you love me so much” She uttered. 

The audacity of her question surprised me; it was an answer I had rehearsed many a times. All my life I had waited to tell her how much I loved her and now when the question was presented in front of me, I was speechless. I wanted to reason her thoughts, Why bring me this very question right now? This was love, this was heaven I was into. I never expected her to question that. I gathered all my strength and finally spoke “Love begins with attraction, I am attracted to you, that’s how it began. The bond strengthens after knowing each other, I know you very well and I love you for the person you are. Slowly we begin to trust, Trust the other person with everything, all of our thoughts, all of our actions, knowing even if they are not approved, they will be supported. I trust you completely, I trust you with all my thoughts, if there’s anything I want to share, and you are the one I look up to”. She smiled and said nothing. I continued “gradually comes a time when the presence of the other soul becomes mandatory in our lives, a presence we want, we deserve and we cannot do without. I cannot live without you, in your absence all I think of is you and ways to get near to you”.” Nothing so chaste has ever happened to me, I want to protect you, take care of you, and love you”. I was running out of words, before I could comprehend the impact of my words, I saw she was crying. I cried with her, The convention was complete, she was with me , Loving and adoring me in the same way as I loved her. I wiped any hint of moisture off her eyes and said “I know forever is beyond my intellect, But as far as I can think, I want you, I will love you, Forever”. 

She leant forward into me and snuggled close. It was wee hours before morning and I could see birds flying above me, flying past happily. They did approve of my unison , and I was in a state where I could see nothing wrong with me , Nothing wrong with the world, Till she was there, with me beside me. The effect of her being so close to me was instantaneous , I lay there motionless slowly, softly brushing my fingers in her hair without any knowledge of where the world was , What was happening around me or why was I even here. My knowledge of proximities had vanished; it was a moment when everything expect her felt so hideous, so unattractive. The beauty of the breeze was in the fact that it could dance with her hair, the sun was to shine only because it would help me see her face clearly. 

The night was beautiful only because she was so close to me, with me in my arms. I looked up in the sky, I thought I saw the stars smiling, the moon was somewhere but I did not want to waste my time searching for it when she was in my arms. She was breathing slowly and heavily, I was still transfixed. I could sense she was cold so without a word I took off my jacket and wrapped her in it, she smiled at me and snuggled back,even closer. I wondered why was I not feeling any stimulus, It was winter and freezing but I could never feel a thing. I glanced at her to realize she had slept, trying not to startle her I lay there motionless. Her face was radiant, content and her closed eyes portrayed all the love she had held up for me in them. I could feel her near me, her head now was resting on my chest, absorbing every beat, my every thought, 

All my love for her in it. We sat motionless for quite some time, the sun was rising. Hours had passed and yet I wanted more. “To be content is not love, I know I need you forever” I whispered into her ear and lent gently to kiss her.