Maybe,
That’s the problem with it
The kind of love we write about,
And the sort of love we see,
It’s rainbows after storm,
Flawed men making grand gestures-
And all, forgiven in the end.
That’s the problem with reality;
The end is death
Not a director’s cut, or a writer’s climax.
Much more morbid,
Much less serene.
Cynical beings finding hope,
Bad guys being good,
Loose ends tied up into a perfect knot,
Like the red satin ribbon on the gift.
That’s not the story of life,
Though;
Being good is exhausting,
Doing it each day, every day…
Grand gestures of a lifetime
Sparse into a million small tokens for years
It is exhausting,
Takes practice, takes a toll-
Body and mind alike.
So, don’t come here and tell me you believe in love,
Because love, as you see it,
Doesn’t exist
It’s just an illusion
A carrot of hope,
Dangling,
Distracting you away from the blows of the stick,
Which you’re always getting the shorter end of.
“Why don’t you?” She asks. “Why don’t you keep yourself open to it?”
I know what she’s talking about. She’s my best friend and I can read her like a fucking book. “Open to what?” I feign innocence hoping this topic would end itself. But she is adamant and rolls her eyes at me. She knows the ruse because she’s my best friend and she can read me like a fucking book too.
“Falling in love.” She plays along. She’s dating someone and is in the honeymoon phase of it, the type where love is all around. I am happy for her, but the concern bugs me. The worst thing is she knows me inside out and is acutely aware of how lonely I am. I never confessed to her in so many words but you know- book, me, reading…
“It’s a wonderful feeling.” She nudges.
“It’s a horrible and shitty feeling.” I want to spit it out. The word runs like vitriol in my veins. I want to shout at her “It’s the worst thing that has happened to me. Or could happen to me. Every time I like someone there is an ache in my chest that never goes away. I can never tell them how I feel because eventually, they all leave.”
“I can’t afford it.” Is what I say out loud.
“Is this because you’re asexual?” She asks. Curious. Not judging. It has been a few months since I came out to her. She had been surprised, of course, but at least hadn’t dismissed the fact that asexuality exists like a lot of other people with whom I have had casual conversations about the topic to gauge their reactions to the idea. My mother, for once. And I had shut up.
So, yes it is because I am an asexual and I only want a best friend for life. Who would agree to that? Who would agree to a lifetime of relationship that has everything but sex in it? Because that is what has been drilled into us, since forever that a relationship is just not as meaningful without sex. It is not complete. So, yes, that is one of the reasons. I have tried connecting with people but when I hint that I don’t want anything more, it ends inevitably. And I don’t grudge them that. It only settles the paranoia and loneliness deeper in my gut. And after years of struggling to accept who I am, I desperately wish I were normal.
I nod my head. Her face falls into a frown and there is a hint of pity there. I detest it. “So, what do you want then?” She asks. It is a genuine question. She has barely wrapped her mind around it. I reply, “A best friend for life kinda deal.”
“Oh, I am there for that!” She chirps. Her voice jubilant. I want to believe her, I want to hope she means it but I know better by now. I have lost too many close friends, a couple of best friends even to the throes of romantic love. After a couple of experiences, I just shut off myself from friends who got into a relationship to save myself from heartbreak. And let me tell you, it hurts just as bad as a break-up. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.
I smile, a sad little upturn of lips because if I didn’t I would break down. I can already picture losing her. This is one of our last long conversations. The end has begun in my head. I am aware that I am absolutely foolish for this. “You don’t mean that.” The words leave my mouth and she is furious.
“One day I am going to hit you so much that some sense gets knocked into you.” She shouts. I still don’t believe her as I nod in agreement. “Sure,” I say.
She does not let the topic go, though. She is one relentless idiot. “What do you do when you like someone?”
“I wait for the feeling to pass.”
That is what I do. I talk to them if I can battle with the day’s freezing social anxiety, I laugh, I nod along and wait for time to pass. Because eventually, they move on, I know my sentiments would too, with time. Not gone completely, but subdued, controllable, like a withered flower in a book. And I wait for the love to pass.
Lafz falsafe bun ne ki khatir hain kya?
Lafz khud ko behlaane ki khatir hain kya?
Gham e hasti ke bojh se nikalne ki chaah,
Lafz khamosh afsaane chun ne ki khatir hain kya?
Lafz kaatibon ke aalaa jo nahi to hai kya?
Lafz shayaron ka niwaala jo nahi to hai kya?
Awaam ko jhoote khwaabon mein band kar,
Lafz siyaasiyon ke vish ka pyaala nahi to hai kya?
Jazbaaton ke bayaanat ke liye aur to kya karoon?
Lafz mere khamoshi se kahin ziyaadaa hain kya?
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
FINALLY I AM BACK IN WRITING FANFICS!!
The block is over!! wohoooo!!
hopefully you like this, although it is a purely self-indulgent banter between the beautiful friendship :)))
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Loki (TV 2021)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Loki & Mobius M. Mobius, Loki/Mobius M. Mobius
Characters: Loki (Marvel), Mobius M. Mobius
Additional Tags: One Shot, Friendship, Developing Friendships, Fluff, Soft Loki, Softer Mobius, No Angst, my first ever work with no angst (thank you Mobius), Comfort, this is purely self-indulgent, Banter, Dialogue, YES IT HAPPENS IN AN ELEVATOR, TVA elevator rides are apparently very long hahaha, Drabble, Mobius M. Mobius Wants a Jet Ski, jet ski
Summary:
Loki shuffled, his dark locks a mess, one eye sticking to the garish paper, and the other slant, gazing at his captor. Interrogator? Saviour? Definitely not that. He was a god for Odin’s sake. “What?” He asked, pouring all the irritation as dramatically as possible in that single syllable.
Main tumhari chitaa par
Tumse milne nahi aaya.
Kyon ki main jaanta hoon
Ki tum mar nahi sakte.
Ye jo rakh hawa mein udd rahi hai,
Wo tum nahi,
Ye jo lakdiyaan sulag rahi hain,
Wo tum nahi.
Jhoota hai woh,
Jisne tumhare marne ki sacchi khabar failaayi hai.
Tum ab bhi wo kursi mein ho
Jo tumhare mez ke saamne padi rehti hai,
Tum ab bhi un kitaabon mein ho,
Jinme maine tumhare liye phool chhipaaye the.
Yeh soch kar ki tum jab bhi un par haath pheroge,
Wo khushboo mujh tak aayegi.
Tum aaj bhi Godavari mein gote lagaa rahe ho,
Aaj bhi purani dilli ki sadkein naap rahe ho,
Tum Adilabaad ke jungle mein, mere saath…
Tum inquilaab ki nas nas mein, watan ke saath…
Wo saal jo tumne naami-badnaami ke zimme guzaare the,
Kahaan hain woh sab abhi,
Wo din jo tumne virah aur ranj mein kaate the,
Kahaan hain woh din sabhi?
Mere seene mein sanjot kar rakhe hain saare,
Kabhi mann kare toh inhe bhi bahaane chale aana.
Tum zinda ho mujh mein,
Chitaa mein main jal raha hoon,
Kabhi fursat mile toh
Isi nadi ke tat par baatein karne chale aana.
Adhura chaand aur main,
Aaj kuchh baki sa hai chand falak mein,
Kuchh baki sa main bhi hun.
Isliye nahi ke ab tujhse mulaakat nahi hogi,
Isliye kyun ke abr gila ke chhaye hain harsu.
Aaj adhura hai chand falak mein.
Aaj bhi woh intezar mein hai uske chakor ke,
Bechara; khud ko ghalatfehmiyon se behlata hua,
Khud ko purane kisse aur jhoote dilaase deta hua.
Aaj adhura sa hai chand falak mein.
Kya woh itna bhi nahi jaanta?
Kya woh tanhaai bhi nahi pehchanta?
Na koi sitaara hoga aaspaas, na koi farishta,
Ab toh bas yeh hi hai uski daastan,
Uska muqaddar.
Aaj adhura hai chand falak mein.
Aahista aashita, Katra Katra,
Pighalna hai use aasmaan mein hi,
Jab tak na rahe koi naam-o-nishaan
Na jaane koi k chand bhi kabhi hua karta tha,
Na roye koi uske liye,