The Chronicles of Sugar and Sweets

If only we tried to enjoy the present than to preserve the past...

“It all started with… I don’t really know when… Maybe the time we glanced at each other at that party, or maybe the time we spent hours at the bar over several rounds of drinks when the intention was only a quick one… or was it when we chatted endlessly every night about things I have no recollection of…or maybe the time when we went out of our ways for a quick brunch before I left the city… it did start somewhere, someday, somehow. In hindsight, it seems it was always coming, but while in the moment the slow build up, the anticipation, the anxiety, and the chills down the spine made me feel alive, all over again”

 

And so began the chronicles of sugar and sweets… It did begin, we just don’t know how, when and where…

 

“The trip to the City of glamour passes before my eyes like a blur. The warm summer drive mixed with the laughter and singing, sprinkled with glances and topped with moments when we held hands carelessly for the whole wide world to see - A simple recipe for that one moment that my mind has framed like a picture. Do you remember that moment? Does it flash by your eyes every once in a while when you think of us? The soft sea breeze at the lonesome beach when we hugged and sealed the moment with a kiss…

 

My memory fails me when I try to think of all the moments that followed in order �" the moments of madness, passion, laughter, intense emotion �" when u carried me across the bustling square, when we went through those narrow lanes early mornings for those mouth-watering delicacies, those naughty long drives followed by passionate encounters at home, those long conversations when we laid open our souls for the other to read, those intense moments of silence when we gazed into each other’s eyes saying nothing yet saying it all, those romantic times when we wanted words to capture what we felt in prose and poetry only to realise that they were never enough, and the moments of desperate planning when we wanted to do everything and only time was our enemy…”

 

She sat back and wondered why she wanted to chronicle everything, every moment, every emotion. And then it occurred to her �" the past was beautiful, the present was still with her and only time would tell what the future held. And somewhere in the blissful moment of that realisation, she sank into her chair thinking she had found someone who would be witness to her life and she to his, why then chronicle it after all… Sugar and Sweets…the soulmates..

 

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.” (― Gilda Radner)

Reviews

[Augustus]

Well, prose isn't really my cup of tea. I am not very good at appreciating prose and probably worse at writing it. But I will do my best for this one. If I had to chart the progression of your story on a graph paper, it would have to be an inverted parabola. Gracefully rising to a maximum and falling equally gracefully towards it's conclusion. The fluidity of this work of yours is most impressive. It starts off in a nonchalant manner but quickly builds an atmosphere of nostalgia. It continues to blossom further, the intensity of the style reflecting aptly, the intensity of the content. The transition to the last paragraph (the one before the Gilda Radner quote) intrigued me immensely. On the face of it, it looks like a snap back to the present. But somehow, when I read it, it appeared to merge seamlessly with the previous one. Perhaps the nostalgic tone in the previous paragraph complements the philosophical tone in this one, so that the reader is still thinking of the sweet times in the past by the time you mention that 'the past was beautiful'. This was an ehthraling read, Rachna. I felt rather like a feather being carried along by a gentle breeze. Thank you for this one.

[felioness]

I was captivated from start to finish. Words of wisdom and insight but also your write freely and flowing-ly...at least it feels that way to the reader. Excellent read!!