She looked at the crystal waters of the lake. Except for the chirping birds, there was not a sound to be heard. She looked closer now. The light from the moon gave her wrinkled face a strange radiance. Her dry, charred lips smiled a baby’s smile. The light of the night hid the dark circles beneath her dull, grey eyes. Yet, they sparkled like twin diamonds peeking from a heap of burnt coal. Silver strands of her hair were pulled into a tight bun. She closed her eyes, drifting away to a world that was her very own.
As a child, she was the apple of every eye. Innocence and cheer streamed from the little girl’s face. There was not a single person who doted upon this little angel. As our angel grew, she developed wings, ready for a flight through the journey called life.
A young lass, a little mature for her age, she was a perfect blend of beauty with brains. She had the aura of a princess, the euphony of a fore-lone melody, the insight of a goddess. Love, kindness, humility, truth, forgiveness found abode in her soul. Her ethereal spirit made her an ethos of her times.
Like every other girl of her age, she too had dreams. Dreams of a young man who would sweep her off her feet and take her to the moon. A man who would share her soul like his very own. Her soul mate who would give her life its ultimate meaning. She lay wait for the time when her dream would come true…
She had her first and last heart break when she had just slipped into the bliss of womanhood. One stormy evening, by the sea, she had sensed her dream transforming into reality. She had met the man who defied her soul. They both had fallen in love!
Just when the two impeccable beings were to be bound by the sacred thread of marriage, death severed one of their lives. For a woman of her massif strength, she could survive the harsh twist of fate. Yet, she still waited…
As time flew, like it always does, she devoted her life to the less fortunate ones. Held by the shackles of effortless sacrifice, she grew to be an epitome of courage and hope to many. Like the waves of the sea that clasp the hot sands for a while, she was to lives thirsting for a bit of love and care. The heat from the aging years had melted her beauty, but it had failed to melt the tender heart that lay await for her dream to come true..
Swimming through the ocean of her memories, she came back to the shores of her present moments. The stillness of the dark waters found a companion in the loneliness of the night. Her comrade was nowhere to be found. Her patience now died a slow death. She took a step forward. As the vaults of heavens opened to safeguard its new found treasure, her wait finally ended!
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