SS: Reflections

She splashed cold water on her face to remove traces of tears.

But there were times, when even this lonliness seemed to bother her more than any thing else.

And then, her only companion was " his " memories.

"Bani....tumhari aankhen duniya mein sabse khoob surat hain...main inme aansoo nahi dekh sakta..."

Continous streams of tears found their way through her closed eyes taking away all of those memories...she inhaled the sharp, clear mountain air, pine scented, edged with coldness.

She lifted her gaze to the distant peaks.Their slops were lush green with thick Pine forests. The intense blueness of a cloudless sky appeared to mock the bleak propspect of her future.

She sighed, putting her her head on the hard wall behind her, she closed her eyes.

The next instant, he emerged from somewhere. He had his arms crossed over his chest and was smiling wonderfully.

She raised from her place and finally stood facing him, his wide brown eyes unreadable.

Then, suddenly, his expression began to change. Next, his face became serious. And then gradually, an intense look overtook his facial expressions.

She couldn't reply. She just stared at him blankly.

There was so much pain and sorrow on his face that she couldn't see more of him.

Even his sight was hurting.

Suddenly, afraid of herself, she closed her eyes n after a while opened her eyes.

He was not there. He was no where.

She screamed in silence.But there was no one to hear her cries, to consider her protests, to relieve her pains, to heal her wounds.

She paused a moment to draw a couple of long deep breaths of cold air. Nothing had changed, she told himself. She had only thought it might, but it hadn't, so everything was just the way it had always been. Except that now she knew what it felt like to have her heart torn out by the roots.