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| Photo Credits: Park Bench WPC by Wayne Ray(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Dear Diary,
There is a park near my house. I used to see this old ragged looking woman coming every morning and sitting for about 2-3 hours in this particular bench below the banyan tree and kept a few peonies and 2 candies on this bench before leaving. This lady has been coming to this park for as long as I know.
This "candy-keeping" made me curious every time I saw her. So, today I walked up to her and asked, what's with the candy-peonies business. to that she said.
"Simon and I met here when we were 4, we had a fight on this very bench"
"I tore the button of his checkered shirt" she chuckled
"I felt so sorry for him, I got him these candies and peonies, he loved them, we hugged and from then on we became best friends"
"we played together, studied together, and we fought a lot, and always patched up with these candies"
"We fell in love when we were 13, we held hands in this bench for the first time"
"I had my first kiss in this bench" she said with a faraway look
Then she pointed in the far end of the bench that had a carved heart with S & D written on it, she said 'Look, we even carved our initials, and said the day this carving goes, is the day our love shall fade"
We grew up, Simon joined the army, he was going away on a deputation, "we kissed our good bye here"
I waited so many seasons for him. And he came. He knew where to find me. I was here waiting for him with his favorite candies"
He proposed me on this bench with not roses but peonies
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"Simon again left for his deputation on Christmas the same year"
"And I come here because I know this is where he will come to find me"
She gave me a chaste smile a walked away holding her stick.
I am standing here with tears in my eyes, looking at the candies and flowers.
This post is written for A Prompt Each day, Prompt 33
This post is written for Magpie Tales - Mag 283
Dee Dee this a profound story. I wish Simon comes back soon. Very well written.
ReplyDeleteHeart of Hearts we know he wont. But, there is hope that he does come back
DeleteBeautiful written. So profound.
ReplyDeleteThank you RP
DeleteWow Dee Dee everything I was going to say went away when I read that ending. Ok well lets reorganize LOL! Isn't it amazing how one place can take a life time of memories and bottle them up safe for us to keep?
ReplyDeleteThis is going to stick with me fora very long time
Memories are the only things that stay till the end. Thanks for reading mandy
DeleteWow, what a heart-grabber!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dims
DeleteA sensitive, beautiful narrative. Trust, love and hope are such precious, timeless gifts.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gemma :-)
Deletethat is really touching..
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by Ankita :-)
DeleteBeautifully written, and quite moving...
ReplyDeleteThank you Berowne :-)
DeleteA lot of sentiment this week! Nice story I liked it.
ReplyDelete:-) Thanks Bekkie, the prompt picture is such
DeleteSo romantic. Love never dies.
ReplyDeleteit never does :-)
DeleteThank you Cat-tails :-)
ReplyDeleteWow.. Its so beautiful... Though somewhere I knew this would be the ending.. It touches the heart so well....
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by ARt :-)
DeleteI knew the ending is predictable
Amazing ..... love , love and love....
ReplyDeleteThanks Abhishek G :-)
Deleteso sad and so loving.
ReplyDeleteTrue love lasts for eternity
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