You

Meera was still unconscious. My patience was finally wearing thin and I knew I was on the verge of breaking down. I had to express myself or I would go mad.

I held her hands, closed my eyes, and uttered the deepest feelings of my heart.

'I was never a writer and I don't aspire to be one either. I was never a good reader and I don't know if I will ever be one. But now, I have been much more.

'Every day, I woke up; I tried to find reasons to live. Every night, when I slept, I tried to find reasons to not die. Every moment, I tried to find reasons to hope, dream and love. But I never found them. Until I met you.

'I saw chaos, confusion, and fear all around me. But not within me, after I met you.

'Time decides our fate, our journey. And when time changes, everything changes. Everything. Sometimes for worse, sometimes for better. And sometimes, for the best. I never believed that. Until you happened to me.

'It's not a story and maybe it's not love. It's about something more real than stories and more powerful than love. It's about you. Yes, you. Real and powerful.

'I have never been happy with someone. I wanted to be with different people at different places with different feelings. I wanted to explore everything, know everyone. But then I explored you. And I found you are not just ONE, you are an infinity. An infinity of love, care, trust, respect, understanding. A universe of inspirations, aspirations, hope and happiness. Maybe you are the universe out there which I explore. Or the universe in me that I seek.

'You do not start, nor do you ever end. You are constant, yet ever changing. You are everywhere and yet just with me. You are my creator or my creation, I question myself.'

'Beautiful,' was the word I heard. Each syllable was laboured, forced and tired. I looked up, startled. There was my Meera, with tears in her eyes.

I didn't know what to say. Was it a miracle or the power of love? Was it all destined?

I kissed her, and kept my face close to hers as our tears mixed together.