The disease
had spread like an epidemic throughout the world. People were losing their
senses one after the other. First, they lost their sense of smell, but they managed
to live. They lost their taste and hearing, but still they managed to live….
What next???
His throat was
dry coz of running too fast…. Her heart was throbbing coz she couldn’t see him
anywhere…
He was
searching for her in her apartment. All the furniture was trashed. The lamp
beside the bed was thrown away. Last night when he was there with her, he
watched her in its light while she was sleeping. The knife was tainted with
blood. He was worried. He tried to shout but he recalled she can’t listen anymore.
His shirt was wet with sweat. His knuckles were white due to cold.
Meanwhile, in
the restaurant around the corner, she stormed into the kitchen where he worked.
It was a complete mess. Nobody was there. She could see the food and the
utensils lying on the floor…over the kitchen stall…everywhere. She wanted to
see him. She knew about the disease and what is going to happen next. She wanted to hug him…kiss him…tell him how
much she loved him…that she cannot live without him anymore… All the hatred
inside her had melted. And a more powerful passion took over in its place.
That’s her love for him. She thought he must be in his workplace but he was not
there. Tears fell down her cheek.
She dashed
towards her car to go to his home in the other side of the city. Just then, he
saw her from the window in her apartment and shouted. He waived his hands
trying to get her attention but she did not notice. The only thing in her mind
was to see him once more. She did not care about anything else. He ran
downstairs so as to catch her before she can leave. He ran as if his life depended
on it. Alas! It did.
By the time he
reached there, she was gone. He tried to run and catch the car but could not
find it anywhere. His legs were weak but he can’t let her go. It was probably
the last time he will see her. But she was gone. His knee wobbled and he fell
down. He cried his heart out. He lost all hope.
Just then her
car came back to where he was. Before everything was lost…before she left to
find him elsewhere….she saw him in the mirror and she returned immediately. She
got out of the car and ran towards him. He got up and ran towards her. They ran
with tears flowing down and smiling faces…They ran with their heart skipping
beats….Their vision got blurred but they dint stop. It was time that they will
lose it to the disease too. They slowed down. But before they could reach,
their vision was lost. They couldn’t see each other anymore. Still they moved
forward, they felt each other’s hand and embraced tightly.
He could feel
her breath on his neck and her heart beating against his….It doesn’t matter if
he couldn’t see her anymore.
His hands
touched her face, he kissed on her brow…eyes…nose… It doesn’t matter if she
cannot see him anymore.
They were
embraced as one. If anyone was still out who can see, they would appear like
just normal couple, madly in love, holding each other. And they kissed.
Now, they have
lost their vision……
Life goes on.
As long as you are there by my side nothing else matters. As long as I can feel
you I don’t care about anything else in life. You are my world….my everything.
As long as you are there in my heart, nothing else matters.
Aks- “Your
reflection”
