14 years back. It was a bright sunny day. I was sitting on the window sill.
Everything looked perfect until the telephone rang. I didn't understand a thing.
Later that day I saw you lying on a weak bed, wearing a white red bordered sari, hair parting smeared with sindur, a bold round laal tip on your forehead. Like you used to look every evening. Dadu, you and myself sitting on your lap. You looked the same. Just that you were asleep a little too soon. No one tried to wake you up.
That night, you didn't sleep beside me. You didn't come. You never came.
Now, when i laugh out loud, they say it resemble and sound like your laughter!
If that's true, I will wait a little longer to hear stories from you!
Everything looked perfect until the telephone rang. I didn't understand a thing.
Later that day I saw you lying on a weak bed, wearing a white red bordered sari, hair parting smeared with sindur, a bold round laal tip on your forehead. Like you used to look every evening. Dadu, you and myself sitting on your lap. You looked the same. Just that you were asleep a little too soon. No one tried to wake you up.
That night, you didn't sleep beside me. You didn't come. You never came.
Now, when i laugh out loud, they say it resemble and sound like your laughter!
If that's true, I will wait a little longer to hear stories from you!
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