Thursday, October 11, 2007
IN LOVE WITH MY BEST FRIEND
Few days back I was watching a movie on my television. The movie continuously stressed on a line “A girl and a boy can never be best friends” The line seemed very irrelevant with my real life because my best friend was girl. The other day I was discussing this topic with Andy my office colleague. I felt a huge nostalgia about my friendship days with Merlin. It was giving me immense pleasure to speak to Andy about my best friend Merlin. I still remember the first day of our college, as I entered the classroom I saw a girl sitting among boys at the back bench. My first impression of Merlin was that of a tom boy and that’s what made me approach her. Our friendship instantly struck off and from then on there was no looking back. She came along with very friendly kind of nature, very outspoken and a bit mischievous…..I guess like me. Our days would be spent roaming in college campus, sitting in the canteen and if possible attending lectures. The reason we bonded so well was the fact that our thinking were quite similar. We quickly became well known personalities of our college. I never treated her as a girl, for me was a boy with whom I could share every little thing of my life and same was for her. She was the person who was capable of listening to my thoughts, views and philosophies about life and she understood what I was saying. She never judged me or deserted me even if I was a little eccentric at times. She would also try to help and guide me when I was headed on a downward spiral. No matter what anyone else would say about me, she would never leave our friendship. The only time she used be busy for me was when she would be with David. David was her boyfriend and Merlin met him even before I came into her life. He was working in a private firm and due to his busy schedule they would get very little time to spend with each other. Merlin was very serious about her relationship with him and wanted to get married as soon as she would finish her college. I was with her. The only difference between us was that I was very unsuccessful with my affairs while Merlin was going strong with David. Our college days just went through and we became graduates. The very next year Merlin got married to David. I was very happy for her as she was about to step into a new life. Today Merlin and David have moved to another city and even I have got busy with my job. We may not see each other that often, we may talk on the phone once a month. However, when we do connect no matter how infrequently it is as if we never parted. Our conversations are as comforting as if we are together everyday. Even now we are best friends. As I was concluding my story Andy just glared through my eyes and said, “Today I understood that why you never had a girlfriend”. “Why” I questioned. “It’s because that special place in your heart is already occupied by someone else and no one is allowed to enter it without your permission" By saying these words Andy just left. I just stood there silently looking Andy go. That day I realized that the line in the movie was so true. A boy and a girl can never be best friends. I was in love with Merlin.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
FRIENDS FOREVER
It was mid of December,
When I met her as a stranger,
She took me as a friend,
And promised, it would never come to an end
She had a smile on her pretty face,
Which could light up even the darkest place
Her arrival would make my face brighter,
Her laughter would turn my tense moment lighter.
Now I had ears to listen,
Heart to understand.
She would bring me comfort,
And lend me a helping hand.
Her melodies would stop the thunder,
Her joys would clear the sky.
But my heart would melt
When she used to cry.
She is the person, whom I’ll always treasure in my heart,
Even as the days & years go by,
She will ever be an inseparable part
Today when I see the dark sky,
I find a lonely star,
He comes to me and says
“Friend don’t think about her,
She’s gone very far”
When I met her as a stranger,
She took me as a friend,
And promised, it would never come to an end
She had a smile on her pretty face,
Which could light up even the darkest place
Her arrival would make my face brighter,
Her laughter would turn my tense moment lighter.
Now I had ears to listen,
Heart to understand.
She would bring me comfort,
And lend me a helping hand.
Her melodies would stop the thunder,
Her joys would clear the sky.
But my heart would melt
When she used to cry.
She is the person, whom I’ll always treasure in my heart,
Even as the days & years go by,
She will ever be an inseparable part
Today when I see the dark sky,
I find a lonely star,
He comes to me and says
“Friend don’t think about her,
She’s gone very far”
THOSE FOND MEMORIES
It is rightly said that “love is like heaven but hurts like hell”. I understood these words only when I went through it and trust me it was a real tough experience.
“I don’t want to talk to you again” Diana said these words in a stern voice with out realizing the effect that it would have on me and hung up the phone.” hello hello” I repeated but there was no reply. The phone had got disconnected. I never knew that my small mistake would result in a chasm in our relationship. It was very hard for me to obey her orders so I tried calling but in vain. Things were getting out of my hand and there wasn’t much I could do against a sky of distance which had occurred between us. I wanted to tell Diana that how much I was missing her and how good it would have made me feel to have her skin close to mine, to hold hands, to feel her breath and to look into her eyes. I was missing these simple things…yet simple they may be, they can only come true when she would be near to me. Missing Diana was something which I cannot explain. Her memories were not ready to leave me .Each passing day was making me more and more sink deep under sorrow. Time kept its pace, days went by and it was over a year now I still hadn’t received any call from Diana or via her friend .I guess she had forgotten me, she had forgotten our three years of love. Everybody around advised me to move on in life but it was hard for me to adhere to it. For moving on in life the first thing I had to do was to forget her and thought of forgetting her didn’t occurred to me even in my wildest dream. I never wanted to move on in life, meet new people or make new friends, would sound a bit weird but that’s the way I wanted to be. I was happy living with her memories. Even my tears were not ready to give up. They kept rolling down my cheeks.Lonliness had tightly gripped me .I tried escaping once, twice and then realized it was not going to leave me and therefore I happily surrendered myself. Having her near, feeling the soft tone her voice in my ear, looking into her eyes – these are the things that make me feel truly happy. Today my loneliness has made walls around me in which I happily live with diana’s memories. I had heard that missing someone who is absent is the saddest feeling of all but then I am enjoying it.
KUNAL.S.PRASAD
“I don’t want to talk to you again” Diana said these words in a stern voice with out realizing the effect that it would have on me and hung up the phone.” hello hello” I repeated but there was no reply. The phone had got disconnected. I never knew that my small mistake would result in a chasm in our relationship. It was very hard for me to obey her orders so I tried calling but in vain. Things were getting out of my hand and there wasn’t much I could do against a sky of distance which had occurred between us. I wanted to tell Diana that how much I was missing her and how good it would have made me feel to have her skin close to mine, to hold hands, to feel her breath and to look into her eyes. I was missing these simple things…yet simple they may be, they can only come true when she would be near to me. Missing Diana was something which I cannot explain. Her memories were not ready to leave me .Each passing day was making me more and more sink deep under sorrow. Time kept its pace, days went by and it was over a year now I still hadn’t received any call from Diana or via her friend .I guess she had forgotten me, she had forgotten our three years of love. Everybody around advised me to move on in life but it was hard for me to adhere to it. For moving on in life the first thing I had to do was to forget her and thought of forgetting her didn’t occurred to me even in my wildest dream. I never wanted to move on in life, meet new people or make new friends, would sound a bit weird but that’s the way I wanted to be. I was happy living with her memories. Even my tears were not ready to give up. They kept rolling down my cheeks.Lonliness had tightly gripped me .I tried escaping once, twice and then realized it was not going to leave me and therefore I happily surrendered myself. Having her near, feeling the soft tone her voice in my ear, looking into her eyes – these are the things that make me feel truly happy. Today my loneliness has made walls around me in which I happily live with diana’s memories. I had heard that missing someone who is absent is the saddest feeling of all but then I am enjoying it.
KUNAL.S.PRASAD
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