The Unfinished Chapter – 96

Chapter 96

Her delicate fingers caressed the rose gently

The petals were soft, like her skin

Red like her cheeks

Her tiny finger made its way to the stalk

Pain

She noticed that the thorn tore the tip of her index finger

She saw a bright red trail of blood weave an intrinsic pattern on her hand

She bent, drew in a deep breath of the rose

Sweet

Her rosebud lips broke into a slight smile

She closed her eyes

Trance-like she danced to an unknown tune

It was new

She clutched her rose tighter still

This was one rose that enthralled her very being, twirled her as a long lost lover riding a shooting star

And with her tightened grip came more blood

As that thorn on the stalk ripped into her delicate being again… and again... and again

The Unfinished Chapter - 99

Chapter 99 

One chapter ends and another begins 

Life she was told is about chapters 

But is it? 

What about the unfinished chapters in between? 

Chapters stay unfinished…till she’s ready to close them 

Some memories make her smile 

Others are like the treacherous sword on the gallows 

A constant fight between happiness and sorrow 

Hope and defeat 

Is she really turning these pages? 

Time is surreal 

She looks at the eyes in the mirror 

She knows the feeling only too well 

She doesn’t need a bookmark for this 

She goes back anyway 

Is it her or is it life? 

If it’s her, she has a solution 

If it’s life, she still has a solution 

No more going back chapters 

No more bookmarks 

This is one chapter that is compelled on staying unfinished 

This is one dance she’s dancing alone 

She laughs at the irony of it all 

Her mind takes her back…but only just 

Her aching heart and tired soul consume her 

They bring that unfinished chapter to her fore again 

Time, time they say has the answer 

This is one time she quit on time 

Will her chapter remain unfinished? 

Or is the unfinished chapter really a finished one?