Wednesday, 15 October 2008

As she got married........


She looked so serene….. was that the white sari that adorned her or that unusual glow on her face!!! Of course, it was her day- she was bidding farewell to her single hood. She was getting married….

I was overwhelmed with emotions that I couldn’t figure out- when I saw her standing in the altar, with her future husband at her side. She will be a wife in no time…. My little buddy was becoming a part of some one’s life. I know she has taken a step ahead in life’s hierarchy. And I stood in a stair- where we both once belonged, giggling nervously at the life that stretched in front of us. There; he tied that sacred thread around her neck and they were pronounced “man & wife”. All through the one and a half hour long ceremony I was thinking of us- our school days, the pranks we did, those silly fights we had, those bitter tears we shed, those hilarious jokes we shared… I know I won’t be taking a bus to Vaikom and, I won’t find her waiting for me at that house near the rice fields, in Chemmanathukara. I might hereafter meet her in a chat window and have a glimpse of her over the webcam. She would have put on a few more pounds by thenJ. Else we might meet in one of those busy malls or coffee day or Barista- somewhere in the Mumbai. Yeah, she is going to be a part of the Amchi Mumbai crowd!!!

As I scrolled the contact list in my cell phone- found hers and then before I pressed the call button- I thought for a while, is it the right time? Can I call her now? Will she be busy? And then I decide not to call and wait for her call…

Life won’t be the same for both of us. I can’t barge into her life whenever I feel like. I will have to be patient- knock on the door and then wait to be ushered in. We won’t be meeting each other whenever we feel like; perhaps if we were in the same city- things would have been better.

Life moves on and I know she will feel the same things I felt when she stands by my side on my special day:-). But nothing or no one can take your place my friend, your place in my life will always be yours- u can run out and be sure, find your way back any time u feel like- it’s always yours :-)

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