Listen to Hey There Delilah while reading this!
I'm on the beach. The same beach on which we had traced our path. Waves are washing my feet but this time I'm not scared. Not afraid of being taken away by the tides. "It's okay! Just hold my hand and we'll get through this" you had said. I believed you. And I believed we would walk through the pain and happiness of life together.
Reminiscing the time when we used to come here together as kids to build sand castles and then as lovers to just sit on the sand, I knew my life was perfect with you. I remember, every time I would tuck a stubborn lock of hair behind your ear, you would shyly smile. Walking barefoot on the soft sand, holding hands and listening to calm water in the evening was just the best part of my day. I could see my dream of buying a house somewhere near the sea and watching sunrise and sunset coming true.
Things changed when you moved out. But like a loyal lover you would come back with your bags packed and tag me along to the beach. Every year during the holidays we would go to the sea, rent a room and watch the sunsets and sunrise. Our love was like old romance, the forever kind. But dreams break, holidays get over and so did our love. Or should I say your love for me.
Lovers like me who believe in forever do not end up together with our lovers. Soulmates do. And how could I forget the type of girl you were. You were someone who loved experimenting with her life. Moving around, making new friends, discovering new things was what kept you alive. You would never get attached to things. Moving on was easy for you. And I liked this thing about you. When you worry less about things and live carefree, you are more happy. And just like that you moved away. Far away to a place where I couldn't pull you back to me. Far away where there were no beaches.
And what about me? Me, who gets too much attached to things. Someone who got too much attached to you that when things between us broke, my heart broke too and so did my belief. I still long for those evening walks on the beach, for the wind to mess up your hair so that I can put them back behind your ear.
Now when I'm at the beach I feel like I'm lost at sea, trying to find my way back because your footprints have been long washed away by the waves. I'm still standing there, waiting for you to help me walk back because you made me believe that we will go through this together. But I know my way back will be difficult and lonely. When you have walked this far with someone and then you suddenly lose them in a blink of an eye, it's difficult to walk again, trust again and love someone again. You look for reasons to stay in the present and move forward with your life. Because a broken heart doesn't allow you to believe even in the good. You love the pain yet you want it to go.
But you have taught me to not get scared because where there is water there will be waves, no matter how big or small. We must know how to survive and tackle them. In case we part or forget our paths, we should know our way back home. And now I'm walking away, away from the promise of forever watching my footprints getting washed away because I know I'll survive without you.
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Hey guys!! I know I haven't posted in like forever but I'm back to writing now. Will keep updating both the books.The next chapter of Black Squad will be posted in a day or two.
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