Kindred Spirits

"A Letter by Blood to a Blood Relative"

Dear Bestie

Remember? Those Blurry Images From Past. My First Day of School? When I Came In All Hesitated, Intimidated. I Don't Know Why The Hell I Chose To Sit Next To You. But From There, Our Journey Of Being Friends Began. We Shared Our Lunch And I Didn't Spare Even That One Chunk Of Chapati From Your Lunch Box Because That Used To Be Very Mouth Watering.

Remember? When The First Sports Day Came And You And I Were The Only Pair Who Stayed Up Till The End In The Race. We Won The Race. I Couldn't Get Happier Than That.

Remember? When One Day Teacher Punished Us For Talking During The Class When We Were Discussing The Dream You Had Last Night. I Enjoyed That Punishment Too.

Time Passed And We Became Besties. I Shared Every Single Thing Happened To Me. Whenever You Used Get Absent, I Used To Feel Like Half. I Feel Like To Slap You For Doing This. I Cried on Your Shoulder .We faced Almost Everything Together. And Those Scary Mathematics Examinations Too. We Both Hated That Subject.

We Both Made Tons Of Memories To Laugh On .Years Passed We Became Teenagers And The Situation Happened Like I Never Expected It, We Would End Up Like This. Time Separated Us. I Was Almost Broken That Day. I Lost Your Phone Number And When I Tried Calling, It Was No Longer Valid. And Now When I Got Your Phone Number, After 5 Years, You Have Forgotten All The Days We Lived. You Have Become A Perfectly Known Stranger To Me Now. That Was Little Heart Wrenching For Me.

But Anyways. Wherever You Are, The Only Thing I Want You To Know Is That I Miss You. Even If You Are Miles Away From Me, I Still Remember You. No Matter If You Are Present Here, By My Side, Or Not .You Are Right Here, In the Left Side's Organ under My Chest. Forever Where Ever You Are I Only Pray For Your Happiness.

Your "Used To Be" Bestie

Monika Bisht