“My melting point is the sweet words that come out of
your mouth.” She began to write the letter with a pen in the era of
digital messages.
“You’re that indescribable part of my life
that I do not chose to ever forget or lose. We were like two broken pieces that
had fused together, to become a whole again. Hope we never break and live our
lives as halves because you know darling, having your other half with you makes
life much simpler! You’re that other half of mine that completes me, makes me
realize what I had been missing in all those years before I met you.
From all your stupid things you said to me to saying ‘I
love you”, you grew.
From sharing things with you to sharing a life with you,
I grew.
From being ‘best friends forever’ to ‘lovers forever’, we
grew.
All the time I look back, I see how amazingly deep we
were in pain and thought things would never change and now, I see how things
between us have changed unimaginably!
You saw me, you saw my soul, the real me. The ‘me’ I always
kept deep inside, hidden from everyone. You saw my pain, my smile, my laughter,
my tears and every other thing. No one knew me the way you did and even now, no
one knows me the way you do! You were there when everyone left and
over the years, I still see you with me. I must have done something pretty good
to deserve someone like you, and you my dear, would have done something
terribly awful to have someone like me destined for you. Every morning I get up
and thank God for you. I am immeasurably sorry for saying all those mean and
rude things I said whenever I lost my temper (eight years and I still do!).
You’re my drug, I’m addicted to you! I crave for you,
more and more everyday as I still desire to explore every inch of you, as I still
want to know every piece of you. Even after writing so much I still am not at all satisfied, I feel that there is no right set of words that can describe you, or your role
and place in my life. You came to my pitch black life and enlightened it with
merely your presence. The first day, I do not seem to reckon, but what I do is
that you have not only changed my life since then but me too!
Love you to an unnamed
planet infinite lightyears away and back. I MISS YOU!
-Yours always, Marie.
Marie then sensibly folded the letter and placed it under her
pillow in a white envelope. The very next day she got up early, acknowledged
the presence of the white envelope under her pillow and engaged herself in the
early morning chores. At quarter to noon when she was ready, she picked up the
envelope and got a bouquet of white lilies: his favorite, she thought as
she reached his place.
“I would have e-mailed all this but then I thought you always
preferred letters. And then again, giving it personally gave me a good
excuse to see you and I didn’t want to miss that!” she said with a sad smile as
she lay the white envelope and the bouquet of white lilies on his grave.
And as the mild spring breeze blew, he showered her with the
flowers of the tree he was beneath. Just like she said in her letter, he really was that
indescribable part of her life.
