A Love Story

Abrupt repartees
Unanswered calls
Prevaricated answers
The writing was on the wall

Difference of opinions
Difference of personalities
Difference of expectations
Difference of thought

The effervescent social being
An introvert, moody radical
The spoiled rich brat
A spooky, 'correct' nerd
The materialistic hedonist born with a silver spoon
A niggardly wannabe perfectionist starting from the bottom

It could not have been.
It just could not have been.

The fear of never being
Fostered by loneliness
And it came - the first proposal
Had to come
"I like you!"
She had a boyfriend.
Couldn't have not had.

Distance
Priorities
Careers
Life

Fours years and a boyfriend later
"I am sorry."
"Felt like talking to you!"
Couldn't have not said.

The sensitive, caring friend
A stubborn, egoistic loner
The vivacious, still very social optimist
An anti social, nihilistic Utopian
The socially sensitive philanthropist
A career oriented pragmatist

It still couldn't have been.

"Want to start a school."
"Me too."
"Hate the education system."
"Hate the poor not getting education."
"Feel really strongly about you."
"Can't feel the way I felt for him,
Especially not after another one."

The hypocritic liar
An honest lover
The emotionally hurt object
A broken house of cards
The socially burdened stoic
A rebellious objectivist

"Happy holi"
"Same to you"
Overwhelmed by the occasion
Motored by unconscious emotions
Hand in hand
In the middle of the Arabian sea
Amongst a crowd
They stood

"I don't know about her
But I lived a lifetime in those two and a half minutes."

She could've married
He could've loved another
She would get a better guy
He would get a more compatible girl
She was lost
He was sure
She would refuse
He would ask anyway

Two months of emotional turmoil later
"I love you"
"I haven't thought about it"
Couldn't have not thought

The rehearsed answer
An honest proposal
The confused soul
A shattered glass

A year and several moments later,
Things are still the same.

She apparently doesn't
He still does
She doesn't care
He doesn't expect her to
She talks
He fights hope

It couldn't have been.
Never meant to be.

A battle with self
A battle of self denial
A battle to kill hope
A battle to undo the true
A battle to wrong the right
A battle against inertia
A battle of self communication.

It cannot be.
It simply cannot be.
Not meant to be.

The emotions stand
Unrequited
Needn't be!

True can't be made false
Right cannot be wronged
Life cannot be death

She has moved away
Half of him has moved on
She will regret this
He hopes she doesn't
She sympathizes with him
He empathizes with her

Quite simply, it just couldn't have been

She learnt to stand up for herself
He learnt to love
She learnt to love her more
He learnt defeat
She learnt to move ahead
He learnt to carry on