Me: Hey!
My Heart:
Wait up there dude! I can’t hear you. Can’t you see I’m doing
my errand. Damn, you have so much blood in you.
Me: I just
said “Hey”. Dork! Can’t you slow down for a minute? Okay wait
I’ll lie down. You’ll have to pump less. Actually I need to talk
to you.
My Heart: I
can’t hear you properly. What did you just say? Could you repeat
it?
Me: (Loudly)
I said I wanted to talk to you. It’s urgent. Damn! Stop beating for
sometime.
My Heart:
You’ll die if I stop beating.
Me: Don’t
eat up my head. Just slow down your motion. I’m lying now. I’ll
manage to remain conscious. I really need to talk!
[My heart
beats slowly now. Almost 33 beats per minute]
My Heart: Are
you okay?
Me: Yeah! Now
listen to me. Something has happened to me. Something weird. Did you
hear that?
[I try to
budge my ear in the direction of the source of the sound]
My Heart:
Are you insane? Don’t you know I don’t have ears? I can just hear
your inner voice, nothing else. Duffer, when will your brain grow, I
wonder?
Me: Okay,
stop it now. I’m sorry I forgot that. So, how are you?
My Heart: Is
that the urgent thing you wanted to talk? Well, I can never be fine,
unless I stop beating.
Me: Ha, ha,
okay, the matter is very serious. And if I don’t share it with you
and investigate, then it’ll get too late and the disaster will
occur.
My Heart:
Yeah, speak up. I’m listening. (To a muscle) Hey, you! Can’t you
try to pump at a constant rate? You all are so lazy and I’m totally
fed up! please, don’t try to test my temper or you will suffer
severely.
[I feel a bit
dizzy. I think the beat rate has descended more]
Me: Hey,
increase the beat rate. I’m not feeling well. Make it at least 50
beats a minute. I’ll try to speak louder.
[My heart,
now, is beating a bit quickly. Ah! Now I feel good]
My Heart: Are
you good now?
Me: Yeah,
it’s better now.
My Heart: Now
let’s jump to the point. What’s the matter?
Me: The sound
which I heard now, it was the sound of her footsteps and…
My Heart:
(Interrupting me) Her?
Me: Yeah,
that girl. Since few days, whenever I see her, something happens
inside me. It is as if there is a solid lump in between my lungs and
stomach. And, whenever I see her, or hear about her, or hear her
speaking, that lump grows stronger and bigger and then you start
beating very fast and that lump hurts me in a different way and I
start feeling dizzy and then her face flashes in my head and I can’t
concentrate on any task. Dude, I’m screwed.
My Heart: Oh
my holy spirit! What the hell has happened to you? Who is this girl?
Tell her damn name. And please, please, I beg you, don’t say that
you have fallen in love again. The scars that that previous girl left
in me has affected me so harshly. I was about to stop beating when
she broke us up for the last time. It was just so worse. I didn’t
know why you were so mad in love with her even when she broke us. Why
did you go back to her again and again? At least, eventually, you
left thinking about her and eradicated her every part from inside
you. But, you know, memories never die. Sometimes, I too get
emotional. I wonder if you sense it.
Me: Leave
about her. Whatever happened, had to happen. It was inevitable. At
least I learned a lesson. And this new girl, her name is Taylor. She
is my friend. But I didn’t know this will happen. I don’t expect
anything from her. For her, I’m her friend, just a simple one. And,
I promise, I’ll never take this level to a higher state. Never! She
is good, but still, I don’t trust girls with relationships. I think
I’ll let her go. Now, I’ll control our talks and will be in my
limits.
My Heart: Yup,
that’s best for both of us. And yes, I had been feeling that
something was going wrong with you but, you know, how much I’ve to
work. I’m working without stopping for even a second. The last time
we had a talk, it was long back. Since then, I’m just struggling to
keep you alive. And better just remain friends and if you can’t
control, then just stop talking to her and remove her from
everything. I can’t see you broken again. And love breaks heart.
It’s me who suffers the most damage. My hectic life turns into hell
more hectic. It has taken almost a year to ease the pain of the scars
that I bear. But the words will never get erased. They’ll never
die.
Me: Yeah, you
suffered a lot. I can never forget that. Okay, I just wanted to make
sure whether it’s an attraction or love. And you know how to test
that, don’t you?
My Heart:
Yep, I do. Wait, let me check the “Love” room. The guitar placed
inside was once strummed and the sound was so melodic. But that
didn’t exist for long. It turned into a ghastly sound and the
strings got poisoned. But I’ve mend it. They’re fine now. Safe in
me.
[Heart goes
inside the room. It hears a very melodic sound and it hits every atom
of the room, making the walls of the room vibrate with it. The scene
is very amazing but it’s a sign of love! And that is worse]
Me: Dude, why
are you taking so long? Is the guitar even there?
[My heart is
surprised. It is fearing with the very sound which is so soft, silky
and is ringing as if it is the best tune in the world. I’m
astonished! I want my heart to speak. I want it to tell me the
consequence. Am I in love again? Or is it just infatuation? I want to
know. I’m anxious]
My Heart:
Listen to me carefully. From now on, yeah, from this very moment you
are never going to see her. You’ll not talk to her. You’ll not go
near her. You’ll stop thinking about her. You’re not going to let
her dwell in any part of you ‘cause if this time I’ll break, I
will stop beating and you will get demised. I can’t suffer
again. I can’t dance on the tunes of another girl and I can’t
share myself with her heart. Please, for my sake, for your very
heart’s sake, leave her alone. Let me be alone. Well, you can just
let her go. Maybe that is better idea than to entangle with her. What
if you break her heart this time? Dude, think, think thoroughly. This
is a serious drama. You better get out of it. Now I am going. Think a
thousand times before making the next move. Save yourself from
disaster and save me too. I gotta go, see you.
[My heart goes
back to its work and now its beating at a normal rate]
So, what’s the
conclusion? To let you go and let you be happy or try to cage you to
me? I’m bewildered. I don’t know when did you strum the guitar of
my heart. How did you do it? Is your voice so magical? Are your moves
so flawless? Well, whatever, I’m not going to hurt me; and more
importantly, I don’t want my delicate heart to be a victim and feel
the pain and the hostility again.
So my dear
friend, you are free from me. Now I am going to throw that guitar. No
guitar, no strumming, no melody, eventually, no love.
This time I am
neglecting my mind and am listening to my heart. And, I don’t want
to die too.
So, you, that
beautiful creation of the ever glowing and immortal nature, stay
happy. ‘Cause I’m happy with your euphoria. I don’t want to be
selfish. Not this time!