Falling Through Dark Tunnels

Falling Through Dark Tunnels
There was a typical glitter in her eyes as she looked at me through her glasses. I didn’t know she used glasses till I saw her today. There was a hint of a coy and naughty child in her eyes who was looking at me in awe and reverence like I were its parent. The relationship between us was not to be that of a parent and a child, but it was certainly going to change from the strangers we were introduced to a couple of days ago. I braced myself for all the changes my life was going to bring for me from now on.  

I wondered for a while at the thoughts at all the thoughts that ran through her mind at that moment. I’m sure they deserved to be preserved in the form of a movie or at least in the form of an animated movie. I wasn’t sure she liked me though I liked her from the very first moment I saw her. I didn’t have a choice. I was standing at a point in my life when she was going to hold the oars of my life for a long time. It might have been another person, but fate dictated her presence on the boat of my life.

Her facial expression didn’t change in any manner, although the glitter in her eyes did become a bit sharper as I continued to stare at her. I was looking for the depth of oceans in her eyes, but I found myself plunging into a couple of deep dark pits instead.

There was no way I could pull down the speed at which I was falling, nor could I do anything about the fact that I was falling. There was certainly a light and a bright aura awaiting me at the other end, but the tough part was dealing with the situation where I was falling through a dark tunnel that didn’t seem to have an end. I had to deal with it for the time being. The darkness of the tunnel was going to make the bright aura I find at the other end seem to be a reward for bearing through the dark tunnel. The thought brought some consolation for me.

The tunnel did have an end, and it did end. It was a long tunnel, which took a long time to cross. I didn’t have to do anything on my part. I was falling, and it was all involuntary. The only voluntary part of the bargain was my entry into her eyes. They looked quite exciting and attractive as they were. I found myself pulled to them like a piece of iron is pulled by a magnet. I don’t know if it can be said to be another involuntary action. Anyway, I found myself standing at the quite close to the eyelids and felt quite like a beggar begging for alms imploring for the door to be opened by the mistress of the house.

She made some fuss before she opened the doors. Apparently, she wasn’t curious about me, but deep in her heart, I knew a wild fire burnt that could be extinguished only when she got to know more about myself. It extended a dimension beyond mere curiosity. All this was transcribed in her eyes with her kaajal. They were a window to her heart where I saw a lot more stuff she didn’t want to share with me. among these, I saw the huge amount of love she held in her heart for me. It was a secret that her eyes revealed as if it was something whose knowledge was going to put her into deep trouble.

 I looked closely into her eyes for all the other secrets she concealed in them. she was quite good looking, so I'm sure she had had quite a few admirers and had even thought of reciprocating the love of a few. Quite a bit of her life was behind her now, and yet she stood before me fresh as a drop of water on a rose-petal. Her eyes had certainly seen many seasons as a celibate, and they were on their way to see many more with me as a married woman.

Her status was going to change from that of a celibate to a married woman. It felt like a dream to her, a dream is to come true for her in a few days. She held many more dreams in her mind, they were to collate with those I held in my mind while we walked along a path shown by the exigencies of life we were to face from now on. There is very little I can do about transforming her dreams to a reality, but I have to work for their fulfillment now. I have to forget all about my past and live in my present with her.

I hope the present gives way to a bright tomorrow.