Friday, August 22, 2008

If Only!!!(An ode to a memory)

Someone very close to me once told me that I am the least romantic person on the planet. Being the adamant, stubborn and egoistic fool that I am , I obviously retorted. So, to prove her wrong I made an attempt and had a shot at something romantic and expressive.

And finally when things started sinking in, I realized that I cant even spell the word "ROMANCE" without looking it up on google... SHE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG:(

IF ONLY
If only...

If only my words could reach you , only if it could transcend the distance and reach your ears would you understand what you mean to me!!!

If only I had known that I was wrong!!! I never uttered a word but the pre-aural vibrations of the very words I wished to say, reverberated in the labyrinths of your inner ear and I was hoping that you had heard them. If only I had known that I was wrong!!!

My heart aches for your presence. My eyes languish in pain to see you and my ears yearn for your gratifying voice again. The melody of your giggle resounds within me and I continue to remain lost in a world where only you and I exist.

If only you knew that you are the center of my universe, the music of my soul, the song of my life and the rhythm of my heart, to which it beats and I survive.

I do not know about tomorrow and I guarantee nothing but all I know is that I do not want today to end , for today I am in your arms and you in mine and the world is glittering in its beauty and I thank the Gods for bringing you to me.

If time stops now, I would be the happiest soul on the planet as I am with you now and everything I ever longed and dreamt for, in my life, is there before my eyes, in you.

Love seemed a distant reality until you came along and gave a meaning to my barren and desolate existence and I realized for once the true purpose of my life.

If only I could have expressed what I felt for you, then, would I have escaped myself from the fate of this doom and the seasons of spring, laden with the most colorful and fragrant of flowers, would have continued to exist in my life.

I never dared to tell you how I used to hear your name in the fluttering of the butterflies, in the drops of rainfall that caress the earth, in the voice of the nightingales and in the blossoming of the daffodils, and how I saw your face in every crowd.

I never dared to tell you how you made me feel, how every dawn, which broke with the hope of being with you, made my heart rejoice and how every night, after I kissed you goodbye, I fought, with despair, to accelerate the time.

If only...

Of all the God's creations, I admire him the most for that sparkling smile He put on you ,the very one which always play on the corner of your ruddy lips , the very one which makes my humble heart leap for joy and make me realize how fortunate I am to have you by my side.If only I could taste the honey dripping from those lips and relish those melting sips of joy again would I be able to eradicate the loneliness that lingers around my battered soul.

If only you knew how you ignited my vision!!! Your blue eyes,resplendent like the most exotic of sapphires, like the calmest of oceans, radiated so much tenderness that I would drown in them every time I even glanced at them. Your beautiful black hair, cascaded down your shoulders like the water emanating from the most elegant of falls and I still crave for a whiff of the redolence it yields.

Every breath I take and every drop of water I drink and every bit of food I consume fail to reduce even an iota of the suffocation, thirst and hunger that seems to grow,in me, when you are away from me. I stand bewildered at the thought of not being able to see you again and my humble heart aches and now I truly understand what it means to miss you. I always used to think that you take my breath away , but now I know that I was wrong but in reality you are what makes me breathe and the desire to meet you again is what I long for and what keeps me going in this routine and monotonous life which is eating through me like rust, in your absence.

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