A compromise
Today I seem like any other ordinary person, atleast I pretend to be , but the situation was worse even a year ago. I almost gave up on college and locked myself in my room which was crowded with useless paintings I painted all day. Like any other, my parents were also worried thinking that I was destroying my career because of some serious mental issue, thats when they took me to Dr. Sen.
Me: I wonder what my life would have been if I had never met you.
She smiled.
Her: But I was always with you. You forgot, how we used to run all over the garden in the rain, and how you got a scolding from your mom when you broke her favourite vase, while you were growing up and had no friends, we walked across the ghats , watching the sunset, you thought you were alone but it was we always.
Me: Why could I never feel you then, like now?
Her: Its simple, you just gave birth to your feeling in an imagination. I am that- who was always with you and will remain.
Me: You know , ever since I started believing that you exist, my life became better than I expected, and now going back seems impossible. I just cant.
Her: You dont have to. If my absence will cause you harm, I'll never leave.
Thinking about her not being a part of reality was difficult for me. We understood each other, had common interests, were so much compatible. Like I was the storm and she was my rain. If I were the light, she would be the shadow- like inseparable ones that earth had ever created. Even though she wanted me to live independent of any infatuation, I wished our lives had never changed its course, but surprisingly it did.