Meeting Love

By Nishika Tyagi

A little girl who lived in her dreamland, imagined love to be a perfect man. She thought one day love will come, knocking at her door with flowers in his hand, and the most heart-warming smile. Tulips of all possible colours, they were her favourite after all. Being the perfect gentleman love is, he'll say “excuse me miss”. The world will be pretty after love, with candle-light dinners and affection at its best. He'll pick her up in his arms and they will dance all around.

She imagined love to be the best she could come up with. She used all her prettiest colours to paint him. So, one day when she stumbled upon a boy and the boy smiled, she sure knew it was love but nothing like the one in her mind, only better. He didn’t bring her flowers. They both raised a garden together with more flowers in her mind, then in any garden ever. He didn’t pick her up in his arm, they picked each-other up in life. It wasn't a happily ever after. It was a beginning of beautiful forever.

By Nishika Tyagi