Was telling a friend about a park "Sharon woods" near my house and she suggested it sounded like OS title to her, which instantly made me write this π³
Not sure if i can say this to be a Christmas gift - But i hope you all like it.
Merry Christmas and a Happy holidays π
This, the tale of woods and the carnivorous forest, which screamed and were the witness to how you never actually get over someone you dearly love but only learn to pass your life through the memories of them. Her deep pensive thought that she woke up with reminded what special day it was today. The sunrays energized her as she woke up to the picturesque view of "Sharon Woods" her namesake, the trail park just behind their house. The woods had pictures of beautiful memories they shared. They'd spent hours with their feet's in the water stream, which flows through the good stretch of the woods.
The woods witnessed, fascinating mix of quirk and nuance, which spoke to who Swayam and Sharon together were. She passed a smile in return to his smiling face and made her way to get her morning coffee. She poured her coffee and made herself comfortable in the deck outside enjoying the sound of chirping birds and soothing water stream. She raised her cup to the clear blue sky and smiled as another year had passed by. It was his keen eyes that explored this vintage house next to the park and they had made many beautiful memories here, it was the first house they entered as a married couple and had plans for many new beginnings.
She wanted today to be perfect, it was his birthday, the one day she kept away from work and her dance studio. The chirping birds soon gave the stage to the crickets as the sky transformed to a canvas full of stars It was time and she soon arranged the place to mere perfection and waited for him, she closed her eyes waiting to find meaning of life through his heartbeats. She stood still as the wind chimes tuned to the wind and she felt his presence and embrace around her all over again.
She played Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's music one of his, favorite. The music played as she tapped her feet along. She took control of her body and lost her senses to the music as she moved rhythmically and repetitively. She was all set to capture his heart and enshrine their togetherness. The dark clouds were covering the moon but her graceful moves and bold expressions soon invited some rain as the dark clouds shredded giving the moon the perfect view to its world. Listening to the music, dancing and giving in, bought along the feeling of a free spirited feel of a bird flying high, which was her way of sealing in the distance the time had created. She seldom thought of transforming in to a bird and reaching the world on the other side of sky.
The dance from graceful moves was transforming to aggressiveness just as she thought of the flash of light, which took her to a life full of darkness similar to the lightning that struck, brightening Sharon woods, just momentarily. Soon guilt took over as she held her responsible for the crash. The momentarily lapse of judgement which ruined her life. The horrible guilt stayed every single day since the time she woke up to the time she went to sleep.
Have you ever, tried stopping your tears? Have you ever had to hold back your tears from pouring down? The pain, the cries from her heart soon hit, her head as she felt the pinch, she pressed her lips really hard to gather courage to keep up to his promise.
She was mourning his loss but giving him the happiness and promise of never stopping to dance. The way she breathed, moved, expressed her pure love for him and what she felt in his absence. She moved her left hand to her hips and while tapping the floor with her right foot she raised her right hand gesturing questions and summoning him to join. Her longing eyes surveyed the room and yearned just for him she wanted to hear her heart, which belonged to him.
She unconsciously setting the rhythm was loosing herself physically, mentally and emotionally. The dance now depicted her pain, the fear she lived with. She made a dramatic gesture as she came to a halt just for a second before she continued circling the room to its full span. Under the enormous twinge she felt, she failed the promise as tears gushed down and poured. Soon the streams of pain drifted to one sad memory after other. Her hands were still moving on to each side while her knees now slightly bent as her foot started taping the earth below with the rage and pain her heart felt. She increased the tempo until she felt the sky above settling below her feet.
She felt his warm hands against her wet cheeks as a smile adored her lips she felt light as she felt his embrace around her in her perfect world, he carried her to the bed soother her with the light breeze and the soft warm comforter. Her eyes slowly took her to their perfect world as the moon witnessed her sleeping peacefully and took pleasure to see her relax and faded under the dark clouds over the Sharon Woods.
They say humans are fickle, they are lost in time like a speck of dust easy to be erased on the other hand the memories and emotions is what stays.
I hope you all liked it and if it made you a teeny weeny sad , i am sorry but i would take that as a complement π³ This is the first time i wrote a complete SAD OS , waiting for your comments to know how i fared.
Not exactly the kind of work one would want to read during the festive season, in that case hold your breath for a complete happywala OS real soon :D
Sudha
Edited by Sudha-SK - 11 years ago