encapsulating memories

winter love//ocean//mountains

An oak tree and snow crystals falling all around us - this felt like a Bollywood movie, after not quite so realising that i'm quoting one myself. I'd compare you to the ocean - I said. But you're more like the mountains, quoted by him. you remind me of the waves, the soothing sound they produce when i'm sitting right by the shore, with my feet dipped in the sea water, uncertain about my future, but certain enough that I'll be alright as long as I have you. The sand sticking to my feet while I'm dipping my feet in the warm sea water as it tries to pull me away into another dimension, which is physically filled with water but mentally encapsulated by my thoughts. What would happen when I'm right about to drown? Well, I would have nothing to lose, was what I thought - till I met you. If I did drown, then I wouldn't be able to wake up to your soft morning face, nor would I be able to see you smile as I try to crack a joke or two, she said. But why am I compared to the mountains? she questioned. Well, well, well, you're like the sunrise I would love to wake up to. The trek is messy, my boots will get spoiled, my sleep cycle will get disturbed, and I'll have to take time out of my day to watch the sunrise, but what about the warm sun that shines upon me as I try to reach the peak? what about the warmth which it delivers to me, so warm that I forget all of the obstacles I came across while climbing it, forgetting bout all of them in an instant or two, just so that I can enjoy thy sunrise, which reminds me of you. you remind me of the view that stretches over the city. A city that took years, or even a few decades, but you, oh my lord, you are who you turned out to be, in the span of nine months, who beats with love to bloom for others. oh my heavens, the only two things that I'm grateful for in this life are the opportunity to live, and you. you're quite a romantic - she said, as we giggled in the fluffy snow while being in the embrace of one another who not only make themselves warm but also give one another reassurance that everything will turn out to be okay.

-sushma <3

writer's note:
I wrote this down after listening to "can't help falling in love with you" and lots of frank ocean. after a writer block which took nearly a year for me to cook something up, I'm finally back w a bang(ig) loll. i thank all of my critics(oops, I mean friends) who took time out and read this. i got another work drafted and hope to post that sometime soon. till then, alvida(goodbye) :p