“A new beginning, a reason for living, a deeper meaning..yeah… “, listening to truly, madly, deeply by savage garden, I was walking along the path when I felt some one walk through me. I looked around and I found no one. Must have been my figment of imagination. And I started to walk along the path. A few feet in front of me, a guy and a girl were walking. Hands clasped and the guy was teasing the girl and the girl running around like a playful kitten. And in a moment they weren’t there any more.

After treading some more distance, I saw the same girl and guy again. The guy was moving his hand over her waist, and the girl pushing the guy in awry, the girl forcing the guy to eat blades of grass (of course for fun). The girl was running towards the guy to hold him. And in the wink of the eyelid, I could see nothing again.

Trampling along the path with a heavy heart, I came across them once again. They were sitting and the girl was holding the guy’s hand, looking at the clasped hands in joy, with a gleam in her face just like a shine on a pebble in clear water, due to sun’s reflection. I was looking at them in distraught happiness, when the silhouettes of the guy and the girl vanished into thin air.

There’s the sofa. Again I see them. The girl was leaning against the guy. She’s resting her head on the guy’s shoulder. She knew there is no place in this world where she can be so comfortable. And the guy is very happy to have her in his arms. He was fondling her, like he would have done to a puppy or a kitten.

My heart burdened as I walked along. There she was again. She was waiting for the guy. There was love in her wait. There was happiness in her face that she’s going to meet him. And when she saw the guy emerging from behind the shadows of the buildings, I could see a wink of smile and a twinkle of happiness in her face.

From behind the scenes, the sun was setting down and a slight gust of wind blowing away few fallen leaves on the path. They personified the romantic atmosphere of the night. Everything blurred again in a matter of few minutes. Everything’s the same, the same milieu, the same old path, the same buildings, but with a difference. She isn’t there here with me. The guy is there. But all alone.

The whole world is full, teeming with life, every one busy with their chores. But there is vast emptiness around me. Every night I sleep, I dream about her, dream about all the good times and bad times we have been through. Every morning I wake up, I wake up cherishing the fact that I could see her at least today ….. “A new beginning, a reason for living, a deeper meaning..yeah !! !! !!”