Mairead turned towards me, happy with the gift I gave her. With one quick move I took her hand in mine,
“You and me at this place, it’s a wonder tonight,
take my hand and let’s dance, let’s dance the whole night,
On the sea and On the ship,
Your thoughts dwelled my mind,
Every day and every night,
Your thoughts dwelled my mind,
Every moment I felt, made me understand
Just how much you mean , you mean to my heart,
Every moment, Every moment of my life,
I want to spend it , spend it
together with you ,my life
is, Our life is complete
the souls feel complete, that’s what I realised,
what I realised on the island
it’s you, always you
My Treasure,
Sail with me, sail with me on this journey called life,
I devote, I devote my mind, my body and
my soul to you my love,
my life, and
My Treasure. “
“I love you Mairead”, and I went ahead and kissed her. She’s my everything, my life, my existence and above all my treasure, treasure of my life.
I am so grateful to that grandma, she helped me realise so many things, and for this beautiful locket, I wanted to know her name and a voice rang in my ears,
“It’s Shinn.”
It was the first time I sang, and I sang for Mairead.
Epilogue
Mairead was sleeping next to me, I was about to finish writing the entire idea about my new book. I stood up to fetch one of the books,
“Hey, what has kept you up till now? “ asked Mairead in a sleepy voice. I asked her to go to bed early and I would join her later.
“ Oh, I had an idea to write something for my new book. You want to see?” I handed out the manuscript.
“ Sure “
Mairead read the entire “Treasure” ,
“Come out in the backyard, “
I took her hand and we went to the backyard, I couldn’t resist singing for her,
“ You and me at this place, it’s a wonder tonight…..”
The moon was full, we danced on it, danced on it in our backyard.
“ I love you sweetheart. “
“ Me too. “ said Mairead.
“And a very Happy Anniversary. It’s past midnight. Another year in our journey of life has began. “ I planted a soft kiss on her forehead.
“ Happy Anniversary to you too.”
She’s in my arms, we kiss in the moon light.
-Kunal Goswami