Draped dazzling and dreamy she entered the room. The smell
of jasmines filled up her senses. Having travelled the contours of this night
many times in her mind, today she will traverse it for real.
With bated breath and pounding heart she eagerly awaits her
first romantic encounter.
He bangs the door, charges in the room, turns off the lights.
The smell of jasmine is lost in his
heavy breath which stinks of alcohol. Her dreams of love crushed beneath his mechanical
lust.
And thus they met ..the strangers in the night, strangely to
stay so for their whole life.
This is written for all those young beautiful Indian brides who get married to complete strangers and were not lucky enough to realize their dream of love. My heart goes out for all of them whose dreams are crushed on their very first night.
This post is dedicated to the amazing prompt on Write Tribe - "Strangers in the Night" suggested by the amazing Suzy.
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Very well written but very sad. This is the fate of so many brides.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a sad one. You're right no matter how many years they spend together that's what they'll remain - strangers in the night.
ReplyDeleteA marriage means much more than consummating it ...
ReplyDeleteSadly, this is true for so many young women. A deep post, lovely.
ReplyDeleteA sad reality for so many women! Nice plot for the prompt!
ReplyDeletesad twisted ending... excellently narrated!
ReplyDeleteso sad! But very nicely written )
ReplyDeleteAnd I wonder how many of them ever express it someone in plain simple words as such. Their stories die with them, a worse thing to think I believe..
ReplyDeleteRicha
Shiva or Apoorva???
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely well said.. and my heart goes out to them too.
Some women just continue their lives giving up the most basic of emotions - love to a sense of responsibility and fear of shame..?
That is so sad! You did an exceptional job writing this. ♥
ReplyDeleteI agree. Such a sad plight of beautiful and amazing brides across the globe. But loved your take on this :)
ReplyDeletePowerful take on the prompt, Shiva. The plight of so many brides who don't consume the night of marriage with known strangers. It's such a human tragedy.
ReplyDelete................strangely to stay so for their whole life.The last line has sealed her fate. sad. expressed very well. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteIf only everyone realizes that a marriage is from than this mechanical lust and is all about the love and affection one share with the other...
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written! :)
this is so sad, gave me goosebumps :(
ReplyDeletenot necessarily but so well expressed, three cheers mam.
ReplyDeletemeeting of strangers
ReplyDeletedestinies sealed
at first sight
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