A Game Of Chess

A Game Of Chess
Her words couldn’t reach my ear, but their verbosity did touch my senses in a typical manner. She wanted to articulate at least some of the symbols of joy she had discovered a while back when she had discovered quite a lot of symbols at that moment. It was a discovery that was as important to her living the next moment as breathing was for her to live. The very realisation that we love someone is quite slow in its approach when it settles within any one of us, but it rings within our selves with some vibrant strings few when we really love someone.

Some typical chords of love were initiated within me that day. I wanted to hear the sweet sounds every single day of my life for the rest of my life. I didn’t know if I was asking for a big favour, because practically, I didn’t have anything to offer her in return. I found myself in a position where I was to be the recipient of her love and I was going to suck on it like a leech. I was going to be a parasite on her. I did feel a bit sorry for her, but something of the sort happens in all relationships.

One of the partners gives the other a whole lot more than what he or she gets back in return. I did think if she deserved to be with me for I was going to be a parasite on her for a long time, and she was going to have to bear with me for quite a long time. I don’t think she deserved the treatment.

She deserved to be with someone better than me. There were hundreds of those better than me, I know, but fate had put her in my company for an unknown reason. I tried to evaluate the riddle, and realised I should not try to guess all secrets of life. Some of them are best maintained in the manner they are. These are the secrets of life that are often preserved in the attics of time behind the walls of propriety.

Fate had put us together despite an unapparent inequality, but there must be a concrete reason in destiny’s mind of that made it opt for our company. The exact reason shall always be a mystery to me, but I did wonder if fate considered our inequality as important as I did. On second thoughts, had fate considered us to be unequal, it would never have put us together.

We were together, but despite our proximity, I failed to understand the depth of the symbols of happiness she was trying to articulate. Apparently, she wanted to convey a deeper sense of gratitude to me. I was unable to understand what she wanted to thank me for. This was a typical situation where I wanted to thank her for being a part of me, but she was thanking me for being a part of her.

There was a lot of noise in the air at that moment. I did my best to filter out the relevant sounds and let the other sounds fade into the ether. The moment was not going to find itself in our lives ever again, I know. This was the most important part of the situation. I tried to make the most of it, I wanted to record the form in a semi-concrete form, I wanted to record it in the form of words, and my attempts have been rewarded in a typical manner.

There were a lot of emotions swimming in the air at that moment, and the aura in the room had become quite good. I didn’t want the aura to change, but I couldn’t do anything about it. Time went by at its own pace, and destroyed the beauty of the moment like the ruthless and merciless savage it is.

I wish there was a way of getting hold of the brute and holding it captive for a long time. This is going to be the only way to keep it from acting the way it is known to act with everyone else. But the truth is nothing can ever capture time, and it always flows on at its customary pace. Practically, it has captivated everyone and everyone is its slave now. It rules the world with its share of power in the game of fate and destiny.

The game fate and destiny play with the subscribers of life is often said to be played on unequal terms, although there is always an equality between the players. The apparent and obvious inequality is always nullified in some manner. The game always ends in  a draw with both the players scoring equal marks. There are some typical tricks destiny plays upon its subscribers that make them agree to end the game on equal terms.

It is like a game of chess where both the players agree to call their game to an end. A ‘draw’ is said to have been reached. This is not a situation where one of the players realises he or she is bound to lose the game, and calls for a ‘draw’ to save his or her face. It is where both players play a game equally well, and both acknowledge each other’s skills at winning the game.

The game of life is also to be won on equal terms. Fate always puts players with equal skills together to play a game. I was wrong about our being unequal.