Sailing In The Afternoon
In this hot afternoon, I'm here just to see her. Sun is showing his extreme power, it's hard to walk around. I had beautiful afternoons when she was with me, It was college days. Lunch breaks are the time where we have got some real-time to talk. We always talked about the times when we have to be away from each other. She always told me that it will me who leaving her.
The first year was pretty much romantic, each kiss had some different stories to tell. Somewhere in the middle, we believed that we will be together forever. Then there was this two months break, everything changed after that.
I still remember the first day I've seen her after the break. There were some small fights between us at that time on the phone, but it wasn't anything big. So when the lunch break came, I walked towards the canteen to see her. I spotted her hairs from the distance, I always loved it. The long thick black hairs, with a smell of some kind of sandalwood.
As I reached her there is some difference in her face, it's not blushing it's pale. It took a lot of effort for her to smile, I could see those cheeks trying hard. Then I sat in front of her, her friends are also there.
It took a few days to be normal as before, it wasn't completely as before. Now we both kept some distance between us, after a few weeks I started to feel like it's time to stop this all. I can't stick with her anymore, maybe I had some other intentions also. I had a crush on a new girl, then I found her silence as a good reason to end the relationship.
We broke up, it wasn't that hard. I felt like she was the one who wanted the break up more than me. She's now completely turned into a gloomy girl, I've seen her smiling only when she was talking to me. We see each other on canteens in the afternoons, our lengthy conversations turned into a "hi" or sometimes just a smile.
Then my life turned into some other direction, I didn't know the reason but my interest in the college study was gone at that time. My field I
of interest changed, I was learning software at that time. But I wanted to be an artist. Maybe it was some kind of the stupid reason I found to leave the studies behind. Then finally I chose to leave the college.
I still believe that was a bad decision I've taken. I kept this news away from everyone. I can't face her after saying this, so I kept this away from her also. Then without no one knowing one day I was gone from college. I still remember that week, a lot of phone calls. She was the one who called me a lot. I don't know why I haven't taken the calls, I think I found some pleasure in ignoring people.
Last week when I returned to the home from the office, there was a strange woman sitting in the sit out of my house. I still remember that moment when I realised it was her. She saw me and all of a sudden she slapped at my cheek. I wasn't expecting that, I didn't felt the pain I was feeling sympathy seeing her face that way. She now looks like someone who is just lost in this world. She left a card on the floor and left.
I've been searching for the address in the card she left me, It's been a while now. Finally, I spotted the address. I knocked on the door and waited. I could hear those steps reaching towards the door. The door opened, it's not her, it's a lady at her 60's. I enquired about her, she's gone to somewhere far far away.
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