Flashbacks...

Flashback: We were just the three of us—a motley trio brought together by circumstances more than by common attributes. There were days when I had to defend one from the other, yet I was enjoying the friendship of both. We were inseparable, throughout those two years—the three of us. Walks on the lawn, secrets, long telephone conversations, pajama parties, cookery trials, through crushes and relationships, and parents and teachers, we just barged through and reached a point where our childish untouched minds believed in forever—eternity.

Present: We exist in different countries, all studying and not only kept apart by geographical boundaries, but also by the boundaries of age, maturity, changed attitudes and different priorities. We are no more in touch as “the three of us”; no more the inseparables we used to be. But I don’t mourn, because I know that the bond remains, somehow, so strong that it will keep bringing us back together. I can’t forgive always but I can definitely forget, and forget, I will…someday! We have all gone thru hell and each of us is aware of the other’s silent suffering, yet we can only stand with our mouths agape and our hands loose by our side, silently willing and hoping that the other takes the right step. Aware that we are all mature individuals and no more the motley trio we were—the ugly ducklings became swans, and how!