Silent Dialogue

: Neer…
: Yes?
: Can your touch be given a verbal form?
: Even in the crowd of words, feelings take root—of course it's possible.
: You know, Neer, today in my dreams I felt your touch—I couldn't bear your love. Your love is terrifyingly immense. My body was trembling.
: Your feelings run very deep, Tithi.
: Don't ever love me this much in reality…I'll drown.

: You've lit another cigarette, Tithi?
: I'm terribly cold, will you give me the blanket?
: Oh, why do you always have such fever, Tithi? I feel so helpless seeing you like this.
: My drenched body suffers in exhaustion, yet even then I'm lost in thoughts of you. The gusting wind has scattered my insignificant straw, leaving only the dense smoke of cigarettes and an anxious world around me. I searched for you everywhere, you know?
: Ah, why are you clinging to me like this, Tithi? You seem utterly exhausted, fragile, uncertain.
: If I can't hold you close and cherish you, I feel suffocated.

: Are you listening, Tithi?
: I love this music, did you put it on?
: "Nothing's the same without you..." Ah, in the enchantment of this melody, our heartbeats seem to quicken.
: Your heart is far too beautiful.
: Look, there's no distance left between our breaths. How close must I stay so you'll never go away, Neer?
: How can I make you understand? I too have loved you every moment, which you never wanted to know.

: Forget me that day when time calls you to another lamp's light. Let the distant parade of happiness pass—don't get stuck with this motionless me.
: Around you, everything I've gained and lost will remain caught in oscillation, and I'll remain caught too.
: Why don't you smile in front of me, Neer? Let my affection lie hidden on your lips.
: I've been wrung dry by untimely regret, yet I return again and again to the intoxication of embrace. The afterglow of those blissful moments has scrambled my heart a thousandfold. I stand before you at the crossroads of time and death. Can you heal me?

: Why don't you call me anymore, Neer? Will I never hear your voice again? Don't punish me this much.
: Oh, silly girl!
: Have you cut off contact to remind me that I'm not worthy of you?
: Who says we have no contact?
: Ha ha! "What a cell phone!" Can even that express you?
: Today you were supposed to be in my heart, but you didn't come.
: We had spoken when emptiness ruled the heart.
: Why did you come so close, Tithi?
: Come, let's change this path. I've written letters daily searching for you at unknown addresses.
: Ah, don't bind me in such deep embrace, Tithi. In your sighs, my ribs are left empty.
: You know, in my imagination, the way you love me so fiercely—it's a sky-touching wonder to me.