Dedicated to all the romantics out there, man and woman. The brief moment. A few years ago when I was a little younger than I am now, I had this strange idea about romantic love; I thought that it was vile and it would corrupt me. I thought that I should immerse myself completely in my education and so I did just that. In fact that idea had so completely taken over me that I began avoiding even looking at women in public. I had begun to think that romantic love was a waste of time and energy, that it was of no use to me and it reflected a bad character. I was indeed quite naive, after a few months precisely three; there was an incident that turned my world upside-down. It was during winter, one night I was walking home leisurely after attending math classes as usual, It was so very crowded and loud, there were people everywhere. I was concentrating on a sum I hadnt been able to solve in class when out of nowhere I had this urge and without thinking my eyes were involuntarily pointed straight ahead. There was this beautiful girl probably my age or less, she was a few steps ahead of me and was walking towards me, my eyes were stuck right on her face and my body froze on me. I looked on helplessly at her brownish flowing hair and her deep grey expressive eyes. Her lips were so supple and her nose was so perfect. She was completely oblivious to my presence, I was just another face among many and in a way that is difficult to explain, it was for the better. I was completely thrown off guard and balance; I looked on as she inched closer and closer to me. I was captivated by her divine beauty and when she was just one step ahead of me our eyes met for a brief moment and she blushed, her delicate cheeks turned crimson, she smiled at me walking right past me, I did not have the courage to look back and I realised that I had a smile on my face that had come quite naturally. When I came back to my senses, I found myself still standing there, overwhelmed and immersed in that moment which had not lasted for more than a few seconds. I closed my eyes and recalled her face, savouring the moment again and again in my mind. Slowly I awoke to the jostling and shouting world around me and I slowly walked back home, a strange feeling of abnormal happiness in my heart which I had never felt before and from that point on I was a different person. I had never felt this way before in my life and I longed for that feeling more and more. I hardly slept that night or rather for a fair number of nights after that, I recalled how beautifully natural it felt, it was such a genuine feeling, far from being corrupt or complex; It was so simple and pure. I realised what love was and how love for a women was different from all other kinds of love that existed in our world, and why love is so important for mankind’s survival. After a quite a few days I felt so empty, I wanted her so badly in my life but that fraction of a moment of time that we shared together was gone and it would never come back. By Arnab Chatterjee ;)
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:32:37 +0000
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