LOVE OF AN AGED MAN I am seventy-five years old. I have worked as an assistant manager in SBI bank my whole life. I live in Delhi due to my job conditions. My son lives in Banglore with his mother, my wife. After few months of my marriage, I shifted here and spent the rest of my life without my wife. I never got a chance to acknowledge her. At the time she accustomed in my family, we were ordained to be away from each other. My job escorted our trails apart. When I retired from my job, I decided to go Delhi. Yes, finally I was going to meet her. After so many years of separation, I would be standing next to her. _________________ Finally, my plane boarded at the Banglore airport. The weather was quite humid there. My shirt was almost wet from the sweat. My eyes were searching for my son. He was waiting for me. Yes, there he was! The moment he saw me, he came running and hugged me. The hug for which I was waiting from last long years. We entered into the car and sped for the home. I was not feeling well at all. I do not know why. However, there was no excitement, no nervousness, nothing! My feelings were nil. After half an hour, the car came to a halt. I could see our flat from there. We stepped towards it. A woman was standing at the front door. She was wearing a black sari. My son introduced her as his mother. Yes, she was my wife. I could see the nervousness in her eyes. As I came close to her, I discovered, she was beautiful. A pure divine beauty. An ecstasy. The moment I hugged her, I fell in love. Yes, my first love. A pure love. Who says love can never happen at old age? It happens. It happened to me. I fell in love at the age of seventy-five. My heart was untouched and empty. Nevertheless, when we met, she filled it with her love. We promised many promises. We knew we were not going to live for long. We knew we might never get the chance to fulfil those promises. Still we did, for the sake of our love. Now, here I am in the funeral of her. She died but my love rose. She died after two days we met. As if, she was waiting for me, just me! :) #admin♥
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:38:28 +0000