The sky was
splashed with variegations. From subtle pink to deep orange. The deft strokes of
paint brush painting the sky in motley of colors. And midst the palette, a
mollified golden ball sinking below the horizon. The pink blending in dusky
purple. The purple in plum velvet night adorned with million and zillion
sparkling Swarovskis. The caresses of eventide and shivering silhouettes of
wheat plants. The shadows of flocks returning home, the birds flying back to
their nests, lending moments of privacy to the horizon ablaze with passion. The
twilight made resplendent by the yearning, anticipation and consummation.
Gunjika
cherished the moment. It helped her suppress her own ache. Her husband was out
there somewhere in these shadows. Manning and securing the horizons. So as to
lend a perfect backdrop to the love stories of the beating hearts oblivious to
all the bombing and shelling.
Before leaving,
her husband had brought her to the porch. And when the twilight was consumed by
her philia, he had whispered his love to her. Gunjika replayed the scene every
nightfall. Repressing her anxiety and fear for his safety.
She looked at
her phone again. Blank black screen. No call today. Anxious, scared, petrified,
she got and walked out to the swing. Playing hide and seek with the horizon to
calm her frayed nerves. Suspended for a minuscule minute against raisin colored
twilight, and then falling back like waves.
She felt an
accelerated push to the swing. She wanted to look back but she was already
defying the gravity. Touching the skies. And then as she started falling back,
she could not resist her laughter. He was here. She knew he was here. Her soldier
husband home after many days, safe and sound.
The sunset
slowly opened the music of night. And the night was theirs.
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Beautiful shot and creative writing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Carver. The shot is courtesy the writing challenge that I participated in.
DeleteSo happy he returned to her! Romantic...
ReplyDeleteI am glaf you liked the ending. Thank you so much Kathy for your kind words.
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