PART - 1
It was five in the evening, Stacy with her beautiful pink face went running towards her car. Her deep hazel eyes were drenched in ocean of tears. Her pink lips were shivering as her heart was crying in pain. Her hands were erratic on the steering wheel as she drove and her thoughts wavered back to Ruth, the love of her life. She could not have experienced anything worst in life as this. How could he have abandoned her life, she asked herself over and over again. She tried absorbing all pain but it leaked from her eyes, the eyes which Ruth loved intensely. Those eyes with which she dreamt of beautiful future in Ruth's arms. No pain could have brought Ruth back in her life.This realization of fact even worsened her pain and longing for him. As soon as she reached home, she parked her car and rushed to the washroom. Looking at her face in the mirror she remembered those days when Ruth held her face in his long big hands passionately. Never would that time come back in her life and never would Ruth.She felt lifeless from inside; a breathing dead person. Stella, her sister realizing that there is something wrong, knocked on the door. Stacy, with much courage, opened the door and faced Stella. She told Stella that it was over between her and Ruth and that he has left her all alone to face this world and would never come back in her life. Saying this Stacy started crying and howling as if her whole being has come to an end. Stella was still-shocked. She had always envied Ruth and Stacy's eight years long relationship and undying, passionate love.The ground beneath her feet slipped away. She could feel the pain which Stacy was suffering. She felt herself lacking in words and just held Stacy in her arms as if trying to absorb some of her pain to soothe her. She could not ask her why he left her or how he left her. She didn't have any guts left. She tried to console her and thought it to be better to talk to Stacy in the morning. She helped Stacy in the bed and just hoped that she would be able to accept the fact boldly. She still kept thinking why did Ruth leave her and if he did, how could he leave her after such long beautiful association. on the other hand Stacy couldn't sleep. How could she when thoughts of Ruth kept haunting her. She missed those night calls, Ruth's deep intense voice which acted as lullaby to her and induced sleep.Soon sleep enveloped her wet eyes.
Suddenly Stacy woke up screaming and realized it was a dream. She saw Ruth slipping away from her hands into darkness. She shuddered with pain. She got out of her bed and looked out of her window towards the horizon. It was a little dark outside and was about to rain. She decided to go out for a walk to overcome her pain. She walked in the garden away from the world yet being the part of the world. When she was very tired she sat under a tree. A lifeless demure figure with eyes shut as if trying to absorb all the pain and memories of the past and not to let them flow away with her tears. Throughout her life she had always been strong,even when her father and mother died in a car accident and she was left with the responsibility of little Stella. She asked herself why was she now being so weak. Then the thought of ending her life appeared to be a solution to overcome this pain. But No, she would not die. She would not commit suicide. She was a warrior & not a coward. And there was also her sister Stella. No, she won't die. She would fight the life with utmost strenghth, though pain would be an integral part of it. Suddenly she felt something cold softly touching her face. She opened her eyes to witness soft drizzling and fresh breeze blowing. It had started raining. She saw water settling on the petals of flowers and leaves. Clouds were melting, sqeezing every part of it.Their existence was taking shape of small raindrops, which were oozing on the soft petals and withered leaves. Drenched ivy was green again.She felt as if flowers were laughing after fulfilling their thirst. Leaves were shaking with pleasure as if got life. Curiously, she stood up and spread out her hands under the wide sky. She found her palms loaded with little drops of water which were the life of that cloud and now the life of these flowers and leaves.She thought that soon this sky would be clear and birds would soar high to console the empty sky. Her eyes again filled with tears with the dilemma why her pain is not seasonal like that of nature. Why is she not able to come out of it how much she tried. With these thoughts she started walking towards the home. She decided that now she will start a new life without Ruth, though she knew that nobody could fill that void that he has left inside her. She also decided to keep Ruth alive within herself by remembering him each day as she can't leave him completely, forever as he has done.
Suddenly Stacy woke up screaming and realized it was a dream. She saw Ruth slipping away from her hands into darkness. She shuddered with pain. She got out of her bed and looked out of her window towards the horizon. It was a little dark outside and was about to rain. She decided to go out for a walk to overcome her pain. She walked in the garden away from the world yet being the part of the world. When she was very tired she sat under a tree. A lifeless demure figure with eyes shut as if trying to absorb all the pain and memories of the past and not to let them flow away with her tears. Throughout her life she had always been strong,even when her father and mother died in a car accident and she was left with the responsibility of little Stella. She asked herself why was she now being so weak. Then the thought of ending her life appeared to be a solution to overcome this pain. But No, she would not die. She would not commit suicide. She was a warrior & not a coward. And there was also her sister Stella. No, she won't die. She would fight the life with utmost strenghth, though pain would be an integral part of it. Suddenly she felt something cold softly touching her face. She opened her eyes to witness soft drizzling and fresh breeze blowing. It had started raining. She saw water settling on the petals of flowers and leaves. Clouds were melting, sqeezing every part of it.Their existence was taking shape of small raindrops, which were oozing on the soft petals and withered leaves. Drenched ivy was green again.She felt as if flowers were laughing after fulfilling their thirst. Leaves were shaking with pleasure as if got life. Curiously, she stood up and spread out her hands under the wide sky. She found her palms loaded with little drops of water which were the life of that cloud and now the life of these flowers and leaves.She thought that soon this sky would be clear and birds would soar high to console the empty sky. Her eyes again filled with tears with the dilemma why her pain is not seasonal like that of nature. Why is she not able to come out of it how much she tried. With these thoughts she started walking towards the home. She decided that now she will start a new life without Ruth, though she knew that nobody could fill that void that he has left inside her. She also decided to keep Ruth alive within herself by remembering him each day as she can't leave him completely, forever as he has done.
To be continued.....
