Super Short Story (247): Alone
As she laid on the bed
beside her love after making love,
she realised something
existentially distressing and liberating at the same time…
The truth is, even when with the beloved,
with all the intimacy possible,
there is no way to really attain the beloved,
to even hold on to someone’s body and mind for an instant –
because everyone is physically and mentally changing all the time, slipping away.
It struck her that she was born alone, and will die alone.
But that’s so clichéd a notion.
What’s new is that in between,
she is alone too, despite being with others.
But that also means she is free from others,
as her body and mind changes in each instant too.
Yet, there is interdependence in interaction with others,
that need not demand to have and to hold –
like a truer kind of love.
Have the exact same feeling too. Then, it dawns upon me, so why do people fall in love if it is so fleeting? The momentary fulfillment of lust and desire must be so great that it blinds all the loving couples.
It’s simpyl due to not seeing the above clearly or being reluctant to do so, that we bind ourselves to one another.
You reckon to resist falling in love?
I reckon do whatever you want, just remember the consequences.
Thanks for sharing! Thanks for reminding me that we are born alone and die alone. To seek for true love, is to transcend, and liberate others from such sufferings. :)th