Nature

The Bench

The Bench, one near the ocean with the peace and calmness as its partners. Rati used to daily go there and silently observe  the ocean, smiling and talking alone at times.
It was not just a bench but a place where she daily met her father, the memories of him, the stories he had narrated. But very few knew that it was the same place where he had committed suicide, drowning himself in the deep dark ocean.
But still her love for the bench remained unchanged.

Shruti Gupta.

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Being Alone - A myth

This sunset taught him something different, Rohit who always preferred to remain alone just like the sun. Sun which shines bright, rises and sets alone. Though he had friends but for him they were just other individuals meant to play and spend time. Today, they were playing near the sea-shore and unknowingly he went closer and closer to the sea, this friends rescued him from getting swept away. He silently stood there watching the sun as it set. He realized how the sun rays accompany the Sun, the sea gives way to the sun perfectly reflecting upon, the sky stretches out its arm for the beautiful sun rays. "Sun is also never alone", he said. Sometimes we need those few who cry with us, they who laugh with us, they who laugh and cry with us, who praise us and all the more important who criticize us. Happily and whole-heartedly he walked towards his friends...

Shruti Gupta.