Tale 20

She looked him in the eyes.










She discovered her, all over again.












Love went viral.















Goosebumps...

Tale 19

He did see.









He did come.










He did conquer.

















Life played snakes and ladders...

Tale 18

He walked past her.









One last time.









Enveloped memories. Lost love.











A stranger affair...

Tale 17

She would sing him a lullaby.










One last... and one more...










He would walk by his grave.











Rains and essays...

Tale 16

The bone china cup.










The rusted, marooned lips.










The distances were subtle.














Stories would never be poetry...

Tale 15

It was definitely not love.












Not a crumb, that held them back.













Love. No love.
















Habits were the hardest goodbyes...

Tale 14

There wasn't a thing left.












Commas drew a full stop.











Falling wasn't easy.















Waking up was tougher...

Tale 13

Eyelashes had frozen.










Hearts had skipped beats.











Butterflies hummed appetite.












Stupid Cupid...

Tale 12

He was twenty two. She was thirty.











Different worlds. Different ways.











The world wrote them off.













History was re-written, that summer...

Tale 11

Music was her love.









He played words.










They penned life.










A love song...

Tale 10

He was a stranger to him.








He did wear him.








He had drowned the her within.










Chitrangada...

Tale 9

She had blisters from a yesterday.









He made her his canvas.








Smeared his canvas red.










Mona Lisa...

Tale 8

He embraced her grace.







She owned his name.








Love had a new language.








Mathematics...

Tale 7

She was in love with him.







He was in love with him.







They were synonyms.








Grammatical mistakes...

Tale 6

Scattered scars.





Rephrased words.






Wilted dreams.







Life had grown up...