Letter to Ellie (Inspired by Up)

Dear Ellie,

Your Carl, who always had considered himself a dork, knew you the moment you entered into his room through the window, I swear that too in the midnight just to show him your adventure book!

I still remember that spark in your eyes when you kept saying, " You swear you won't tell this to anyone..first cross your heart!" until he nodded. That squeaky voice still echoes in my ears that you said to him before you left.."You know, you don't talk very much, I like you!" and you just went away.

If only you could see how his silent gaze followed you until you were out of his sight as if he knew it was only you he wants to be with.

Throughout your married life you know, how blessed he felt he was, to have you in his life. All he wanted was to let you know how special you've always been to him, but never could he say a word. Oh, Ellie! if only you knew, or maybe you did! Maybe Carl's soft gaze at you and that honest smile was enough to say it all.

We all know, from Day 1 how insanely crazy you've had been and how bad you wanted to live a life full of adventure. You two even started saving for that dream house at Paradise Falls. How beautiful was that and crazy too! But, life had other plans, and you passed away. 

You know since you've been gone, that dorky Carl became a grumpy old man, who started living for an incomplete dream, the dream that you two have had! The dream that completed the last page of your adventure book. Yes, all he wanted was to build a house near the Paradise Falls, as you mentioned years ago. Struggling inside, he not only became rude to the world around him, but to himself too, before he came across something that reminded him of your words...

It took a real adventure for Carl to realise the truth that there was no such adventure you wanted to live, other than him. And you lived your adventure to the fullest in the home built with love and dreams! Your wish was already fulfilled..growing old with him.

You taught us, life is not about tomorrow's adventure, but what/who we have today that makes it worth living. Thank you, Ellie for this beautiful journey to show us the meaning of life...!

With love,

The girl on the other side..

                       ***Curtain falls***

Letter to Tara

Dear Tara,

Everyone could see Ved's story, his moods, his struggle. But, nobody could see, what you went through in those years you two were apart.

I still remember while leaving, how you threw your head back to the seat, the moment I realized that you're never gonna see him again ever, perhaps you realized the same.

Thank you, Tara.. for showing us the true meaning of trust. When Ved said.."I am a face in the crowd. I am not the one you're looking for. Leave me alone!" Trust was looking into his eyes and knowing the inside struggle he was going through, without him saying anything about it. Trust was holding onto the faith in yourself and your love, without any judgements. Trust was when holding on his gaze you said to him..." Yahi toh baat hai na Ved..Yahi toh tum nahi ho!"

Ved could see those teary eyes of yours and still he chose to let you go. It was not the pain he was giving you..Tara! But rather a punishment he was giving to himself. Yes, your teary eyes were his punishment, more than yours! 

It was you who made him smile, when he felt lost.

If only you knew you've always been his happy pill, just the way he had been to you.

How do you think it was easy for him to let go off someone who could actually see him in a world where he felt invisible..lost in the crowd.  

What if Imtiaz is correct when he says.."we often are scared of the ones who can see through us!" 

And sometimes, we distance ourselves from the ones we love even if that tears us apart, not bcoz love is not that strong between the two, but to let something else take its place, only to realize in the end that nothing can ever replace it!

(ref. Tamasha)