It is very difficult to think about times gone by. But the memories are bitter-sweet and I do not want to come back. Talking to you after so long is a strong catalyst in bringing those memories back too.
Do you remember the first time I saw you? It was at your cousin’s wedding. You were dancing the night away. And boy, did you dance very badly? You said later that you knew you were dancing very badly but you were so happy and wanted to express it. However, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed watching the carefree you dancing away your happiness. And I think – no, I am sure it was love at first sight for me. I have never said this to you before. I should have, and I am sorry for not telling you all this.
It was through befriending your brother that I could connect with you later. I think your brother recognized that I was eying his sister. He took a long time to trust me enough to invite me home. But probably he realized that I was a good person and did not mind me dating you. He was one of the first to accept our relationship.
Do you remember our first dance? We had borrowed a gramophone disc from your parents and played an old song. You danced, and made me too dance, the way you dance – uninhibited and very bad. That was the first of many dances we danced in your way. It was fun and free and became our thing for all the times that we were together.
Our idiosyncrasies became the things we loved about each other. Ours was really a once-in-a-lifetime kind of fairy tale. More than 60 years of marriage, 3 kids, 5 grandkids and 12 great-grand kids later, we still cannot get enough of each other.
You still dance the same way you danced at your cousin’s wedding all those years ago, and I still dance just like you. I have forgotten the original way of dancing now. The only way I can dance is your way. You made me live life without inhibitions. You taught me love. You made me free. You helped me grow. You made me, me. You became more than a part of my life – you were my life.
It was really sad for me to see you go. But whenever I missed you, I danced your dance. Sometimes the younger ones joined me in these dances and it felt like you are standing right there.
Seeing you after 5 years is bringing all those memories back to me. You must have had to wait for a long time to get me alone and coming to see me. None of these kids were willing to leave me alone. I knew you were waiting outside to see me but I couldn’t make them go away. Anyway, now they are gone and here you are, ready to take me with you.
Now we can get back to being together and dancing our dance all the way to heaven. After 5 long years of waiting, I can finally be back with you. It is time to bid goodbye to this world. Let me start the gramophone to our song so that we can start our last dance.
