Well I never thought that this would come to an end,but you know what they say about love.It happens unexpectedly and also breaks unexpectedly.Recently I had posted a satire about breakups and didn't realize how inappropriate it was until I finally fell into it.
http://wastelandersdiary.blogspot.com/2011/07/breakups-in-post-apocalyptic-world.html
I thought,love is like a one time lottery which never expires and that she will always love me no matter what.It turns out she stopped loving me and just pretended to love me for some time.Ouch..It hurts.Who is she?She is the one person who made me understand what is love.Why am I writing this..because if someone finds this and reads this..at least if they still are in a relationship,they will know what to do and what not to do..and for guys in my club..perhaps this will help them to cope up with the situation.I am being honest to myself and my future readers,so whatever I write, I write only the truth.
Confession
After waking up, it seemed like just another bad dream.Maybe it was a dream and everything is back normal.But as the minutes pass,I look into the inbox of my mobile and begin to realize that the nightmare has just begun and a long way to go.As I recollect the fragments of my past, I realize that she was a very sensitive woman and all she wanted from me was attention.I thought she needs the assurance so brought her home,went to her parents and made promises which I was following up till the end.I thought that its secure now..and no one can break our relationship no matter how hard they try.I took it for granted and perhaps slowly started to enjoy life knowing that there is someone for me.
I have always to some extent tried to copy my friends.When they had a girlfriend I also wanted one.When they started learning guitar I said I am also going to be a guitarist.When they used to lie to their girlfriends while drinking that the power went out or I had fallen asleep or such other reasons…I took the lesson from them and applied to my own life.Why?Because I thought since they are the old players, I can learn from them about a successful relationship.When they used to say that I am to tired to meet you..I said the same..when they said I am busy with my friends drinking…so don't bother me..I did the same..Yes I did leave her alone in this world for a long 3 years.
Being sensitive has its potential downfall..She became very strong and very heartless.Yet out of the bonding perhaps..she said that “okay you have another chance till 26th October,do something that will change my heart for you once again”…and I blew it up..even at the last moment I thought she will come back to me as she always has.But she didn’t.The calmness of her voice and the gravity of the situation told me that its over.
Its over.when I clear my mind and think it over,I know she has done the right thing for her and me.I needed this lesson.This lesson comes with a lifetime warranty..ouch again coz probably I will be stuck with this until I pass.I know its a very sentimental thing to say at this moment and perhaps i have already said this many times…but this time its different.
Its Different
This time,strangely enough nobody was interested to revive it.Nobody was even bothered.Its a long list.My Ex,My Parents,My Brothers,My Sister in Laws,My Friends,her Friends,her Brother,her Sister in Laws,her Parents..and counting..everybody said that the relation was not worth saving and better end here than 5 years later…wow..those people forgot that we really never spent time together.Out of 4 years…2 years I spent away from Kolkata,1 year doing night shifts and 1 year goes to my stupidity.I know its an excuse but I knew the difference when I was with her.But then again everyone else said..”Sorry I am not buying it.Beat it.Its over”.Perhaps things would have been a little different if I had come to Kolkata during puja..but Ironically I had to make a call for better career options.In Bangalore also I tried to break free and go home but they simply couldn't fit my leave into the schedule and I was left with only one critical choice…en
I wanted to cry out of pain and sadness but there was no shoulder for me to cry.There was no one to hold me tight and say “Cry…why don't you cry? cry and you will be a lot better…” Guess almighty did had this in mind for me.Once again ouch…
Its different cause I didn’t drink, I didn’t smoke and I didn’t panicked.Well maybe a little panic but nothing serious as I had planned to do.I accidentally cut my finger in the shrapnel and it didn’t bleed.Just the pain and a fade red mark on my chest.That's when I realized its different.
My Don't Do List
I will not
- Beg her to take me back.Instead I will leave it to god almighty and try to be a better person.
- Drink/Smoke and try to forget the situation.Instead I will bear it and endure the pain
- Play games or watch movies to forget the gravity.Instead I will focus on the mistakes of my past.
- Try to take a backup with another woman and pretend to fall in love with her/marry her to escape the torment.
Life as an Interceptor
Life as an interceptor can be very hard.The targets that are given can be very impossible to achieve.Like say for example when I flunked in the class and sat back home for one year..listening to all my relatives saying lots of not so good things about me…I was broken..but there was someone who was with me and provided me with courage..The mighty almighty..I realized and felt his presence and drew strength from him,fought back..cleared my engineering with good marks.Secondly the phase of frustration came once again after I passed out..No job and out of desperation I joined Wipro BPO and in spite of all the hard and impossible tasks…i did pretty successfully for 2 years without quitting.
So once again when I am faced with an impossible challenge.Getting rid of the man who has been accused.Well its the toughest one coz the man is me and I can’t get rid of me completely.So I begin a selection process to eliminate my bad things and enhance my good things.The epic battle is about to begin..or might have already begun..I will not let myself be depressed for being alone or for the timeline being a lifetime..instead I will prove myself to be what I am best at…to intercept.To win his grace again and be one with my destiny.
My Planned Do List
- Regulate eating and my body for a healthier living.Damn with cigarette and whisky.I finally have a reason to quit.
- Be a better responsible son to my parents.I will never let them be in pain and sorrow.
- Be bold and 100% honest of what I am.
- Rekindle the friendship I had lost.
- Stop being selfish.Even in subconscious mind.
- Bring my career to new heights…
My only pray to god is
“God please don't leave me ever for I am in need of you even in my sadness and happiness.Please help me to do the right thing as you have always done by giving me courage and hope when the light around me fades away and when time seems to stop.Please help her to be what she was once again,please remove the darkness I have inflicted upon her.Please let her sleep with the old bible I had given her or better let her sleep with happiness in her mind.Let her find some peace as you have helped me to find some.Let her,all around her and all around me be happy and in peace.”
“Oh, merciful God, I have such need of Your mercy now. Not for myself, but for for the one I hold dear, for this is truly her hour of need. Deliver her from the trials ahead and I will pay You a thousand fold with any sacrifice You ask of me. And if in Your wisdom, You should determine that sacrifice must be my life for her, so that she can once again taste the freedom and happiness that has so long been denied to her, I will gladly make that covenant. My death will have a purpose. I ask no more than that.”
Signing Off
Santanu Ghosal