It’s 2:40 p.m, waiting anxiously at the gates. I got married to tension, whopping frustration and maimed thoughts. Oh well, pretty much they have been my uninvited guests for last couple of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks and months. My hawk eyes skimmed through the arrival list and I traipsed between the exit and enquiry display. I finally got seated, but got up immediately due to gripping tension and excitement, Oh my!!!!. I haven’t consumed any solid food since morning (Or should I say, since ...today, yesterday or day before yesterday morning???). And I have answered the “natures call” many times which exceeded the daily quota. Again with deep breath I seated, kept the baggage in the adjacent chair, I gave a hasty glance at the ravishing red rose and pink zarbera, which elucidated and curtailed my tension. I refined, reinstated, reincarnated and reiterated my consciousness by taking some deep breathes. I saw desperate, excited faces of many who sat beside me; passengers rammed out of the exit and exchanged exhilarating gestures. Many foreigners passed by, I looked at them with a spirited heart. I made calls to my dearest, caring, daring, well wishers and schmoozed with them to reconcile my pounding heart beats. There was a lady seated adjacent to me, bleary eyed, squeezed, pale face, yawning which gave a clear picture that she hasn’t slept the previous night. Suddenly I saw her face turning color, pervasive jubilation. She exulted and hopped from the chair, with hasty footsteps juggernauted towards the exit. And she escaped out of my site, and later I saw her canoodling, holding hands with a cheerful tall gentleman. Seeing the couples charismatic smile and synergy soothed me and I moved my immobile hands and kept fingers crossed again.
After a very prolonged wait, I edged towards the corridor and stood my feet steady. Suddenly a white fairy tale spotted on my exhausted eyes, with an unflinching and overwhelming joy I made speedy footsteps near the corridor. Was it any dream?
Voila!!!...I captured the beautiful damsel on my eyes and looked deep into her eyes. With an emanating holiness, charismatic smile, awe inspiring and showering bliss she returned me with an enchanting smile. We exchanged some gestures with hands and I waited at the corridor meantime she went to pick up her baggage. We both were wearing as per our preplanned wishes, I was in her favorite red shirt and blue drained jeans, wherein she was in my favorite white tops and black pants.
My heart vehemently started to beat fast, completely sudated, eyes flickered, hands trembled and pervasive goose bumps. As she was marching towards me, I left motionless, became deaf, empty air. With a shaking hand I bestowed her with the flowers and without looking at the flowers she accepted with a shaky hand as her eyes taking snapshots of every inch of my face. We exchanged a hug, which is considered to be the worst hug in the human history and she later commented later “The man to man hug”. It was the first time in my entire life, giving hug to a lady. She didn’t stop staring at me. I carried her hefty baggage and came out of the Bangalore international Airport holding her hands.
I asked her to wait at the entry gate, and meantime I galloped to get the car which is parked in the parking lot. She didn’t give any attempt to stop glancing at me while I was driving the car. I showed her some famous outdoor activities like people crossing abruptly, cows on the road, hefty traffic, which India is very famous. And I talked many things some are gibberish, and I explained her about the trail of events happened since yesterday. But she didn’t pay any attention to what I was blabbering, instead she sued her eyes on me. She was skeptical and disillusioned whether I am the ONE whom she was in fathom love for the past 18 months. I found we both are uncomfortable and insecure for the current situation. We reached my place, opened the door and made a beeline to our divine deity; swami picture was placed in my small organized ritual room.
Well, it was the beginning of a great journey…..a journey of mutual learning, understanding, co-existence, reconciliation…self realization and onnn….
