A PALINDROMIC LOVE

Her laughter broke the silence, bringing him back from the dense web of thoughts .

A smile surfaced on his face seeing her sitting beside him, holding his hand. He had always wondered how easily she could find joy in the things he regarded as mundane. How her eyes looked even more beautiful when she was happy, her eyes, her sparkling hazel eyes had an unearthly attraction which could root anybody to the same spot for hours. She seemed so happy with the world, so lost in her own thoughts.

This laugh was so familiar to him, it was the same laugh which would always save him from all the gloom, the one which he so deeply admired, the one with which he had fallen in love with. 

It was the same laugh, he could now recognize it clearly.

He remembers his first encounter with this laugh.

He was this shy guy in college whom nobody knew and she was this famous cheery and chirpy girl the whole college talked about. She was the topic of almost all of the buzz in the campus and he, well he could easily be mistaken for a fresher to say the least about his popularity.

He still remembers the first moment when he saw her. He was sitting in the school canteen, like any other boring day, having his lunch when he heard her laughter for the first time. It was so enchanting, he wished it never stopped. He had not known until then that the mere sound of someone laughing could be such an exotic music to ears. Unable to control his urge to see the possessor, he turned around. Little did he know then, that this turn would eventually turn his life around. Because what he saw was the most exquisite art of almighty he had ever laid eyes on.

The strands on her face and the way she timely pulled them behind her ears

Her uncanny hazel eyes, and the way she closed them half while laughing .

All of that was so mesmerizing that he could feel himself straying in her beauty so divine.

Few years down the line, he still remembers her laying on the hospital bed and her last parting words -

"Don't worry, I am not going anywhere, I will always be there right beside you, holding your hand." 

She did keep her promise, he realizes now when he sees their daughter holding his hand and laughing in the same laughter as her mother's.

Her laughter broke the silence once again...