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LITTERATEUR

You appeared in the last act. When I am dozing
knowing that nothing is left for me, you came to
unclutter my eyes like a lightning flash. I realise it is
you whom I searched all the way in my journey….
Mona Lisa “Once upon a time there was a small girl who loved
a boy in her class. She feared to reveal her love to him
as they were too young in age to think about love.
Before they enter the adolescent period, they parted
to join new schools. The girl never discarded her love
for him. Instead, it was a soothing ache which she
carried with her. Even on her marriage while her
husband was tying the knot she thought about him.
She believed, at least on a day he will reappear before
her and accept her love. And now he is before her and
that is you, my dear.”
She told and kissed on my forehead. I was shocked.
Between us a long silence creeped. I could not utter
Shajil Anthru even a pain and lucky I am to have a me in pain?
word.How
chest
this
palpitation
Chest
brought
hospital. I was zipped to the emergency department
and physicians started investigations. She put her
stethoscope and tried to appreciate the rhythm of my
heart. She was taken back. This was this “dub dub”
she was yearning to perceive.

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