Beautifully written post, Asmi. Your words are magical ❤️
I still think that an honest, deep, and vulnerable heart to heart conversation can solve many, if not, all of their issues. But, that is not going to happen, so I have made peace with it. And, often times in life, people are unable to say what they want to say. Communication is key, but it takes time to be able to develop that level of comfort and courage to express yourself. At this point, Virat and Sai are so deep within their own emotions that they don't even realize this conversation is needed... so yes, a separation seems to be the only way that they will realize how the other feels about them.
Your most made me think of a quote that I really love by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.... "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but looking outward together in the same direction." What is so painful is that both Sai and Virat's hopes for the future are the same...to be bound together in this relationship forever. But, due to their individual fears and insecurities, they are not seeing that. Up until now, they have been letting themselves go with the flow, acting as husband and wife, only to be rudely awakened by the weight of the past time and time again. In a sense, they have been gazing at each other...taking each other in, but they have been unable to look outward, because of the fear of the future. In this way, they are haunted by both their past and their future....
I agree with you that the fear of losing each other has been mutual... it is not just Virat who has experienced it. This fear of their life together being time bound, unfortunately, is at the very backbone of this relationship. However, there is one thing to have a constant looming fear in the pit of your stomach, and it is an entirely different thing for that fear to become all-encompassing. Virat has felt that all-encompassing fear...he has felt it when he has so badly hurt Sai and thought that she will never forgive him. Sai, on the other hand, has not been triggered to that same extent. In fact, it speaks volumes that whenever she brings up this relationship ending, she always says that a day will come when she will have to leave Virat. So, I think, perhaps subconsciously, she knows and has accepted that Virat will not leave her ever... that he will do everything in his power to keep this relationship going for the rest of their lives. So, when he starts to distance himself, this will force her to question a lot of things... it will force her to try to understand what is going on in his mind, just like how he will be forced to try to understand why his indifference is impacting her so much.
This journey is going to be a painful one, because it is one thing to be entirely separated, but it is another thing to be together, yet emotionally distanced, feeling the space between yourselves grow larger. And, it won't be so easy for Virat to go through with his words, nor to watch how all of this is impacting Sai...and what makes it all even more painful is that ultimately, he is not doing this to protect himself, but rather because he believes this is the only way for Sai to be happy.... But, to me, while on the surface SaiRat will be moving apart, their hearts will be moving closer and closer together....
@italic beautiful quote and so so well written ❤️❤️
@bold again beautiful words to define their emotions. Yes for everyone around them and for themselves they are moving apart but the opposite is happening to their Heart 🥺🥺🥺
I know I shouldn't expect too much from Ghum, but I she a positive feeling about the upcoming track 🤣🤣
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