A Limitless Conception
By Devapriya Menon
Love can transcend boundaries formed by distance, sometimes even time. In this subtle rendition of the Japanese movie 'Kimi no Na wa' (Your Name), we explore the muddled up lives of two personages belonging to discrete timelines and places separated by great distance, who respond to the telepathic connection. Do they end up together, or does their connection succumb to the boundaries? Read to find out!
25.09.2021
The road ahead seemed unusually brighter with multicoloured flowers around him; the atypical environment did not throw his system into disarray. "This has been going on for a while now", he gave voice to his thoughts. He knew he had a calling, a calling to be elsewhere in a realm of nonchalance. "India today recorded 67,910 Covid cases; the death rates seem alarmingly higher", the exasperated teenager had been showing a tendency to read these gloom-ridden articles, first thing in the morning. Lately, a quintessential force has altered his day-to-day emotional choices. A transcending vital force was brought into being; he acknowledged it.
18.03.1924
The infallible land beams with the transports of delight. She sat on the fragmented bench that instilled thoughts in her that she couldn't voice, despite having easily gotten to the bottom of them. She knew it too. An easily definable juxtaposition of sentiments. She had been happier than this, living the idyllic times of her life. What would this alteration do to her, other than question her state of being? What significance does an opposing force possess in her life that has been nothing but unproblematic and full of beans? As days went on, her desire to cross paths with the enigmatic yet vital force grew.
04.09.2021
The beauty entwined in the mysteriousness of this connection ignited their desires to be with each other, to be part of a universe where they would find serenity in each other's arms, not a single force would not dare to stop them from being one. His life was not perpetually defined by anxiousness that uncertainty instigated, times have changed. He gazed at the evening sky painted in blue, hoping that its limitlessness would open doors for him, doors that would obliterate time and distance. He wanted to meet her. He wanted to meet the one who painted warm colours of tenderness inside his head. Songs that made no sense to him have now built a kingdom for him to draw breath in. As he sat next to the window to listen to 'Everybody Loves Somebody', he noticed something calmingly strange. He had started to hang on to the lyrics; the lyrics spoke to him.
"Everybody finds somebody someplace
There's no telling where love may appear
Something in my heart keeps saying
My someplace is here."
He was in love.
26.03.1924
She lived in the small, intimate setting of the town of Ambler, originally known as the Village of Wissahickon. Even though she was not raised by her parents, her grandma made sure that she always felt at 'home' and that she was not devoid of the attention any little girl would crave. The town of Ambler had witnessed the death toll increase during the Spanish Flu. The petite teenager lost her family, her grandma. Despite this, her indestructible soul pushed her to move forward, she knew that something would re-write her life after all. The town had a peculiar garden, where they would sit together to share stories and legends. She was reminded of one such tale her grandma had lovingly disclosed to her; "And in the Kingdom of clovers, the sublime four-leafed clover will come to your light, as it does, wish on it, my dear child". She rushed to the garden, desperate to find the four-leaf clover that she realized would draw a connection between what the universe was trying to convey and what her heart already knew. A force so strong that can't be measured leads her to the seraphic clover that stood upright in the realm of the ordinary.
17.09.2021
He woke up realizing that something was bound to happen; he had to untangle this.
On his left palm, he saw what had instilled a sense of hope in him, a symbol of the clover. Following all the clueless and restless nights, he had now found something emphatically different. He looked around to see that everything remained inert. However, he knew he had something to look forward to. With much composure and a hopeful heart, he fell asleep, knowing that it was time for the universe to play its part.
Epilogue- A Compass of Bearing
Their strong impulse to cross barriers set by time and distance had finally been gratified. Their universe has now become one. As they found each other standing at opposite ends, they instantly knew that nothing mattered to them more than the sheer potentiality to complete each others' universes. It was more than love; it was home. It was not about the way they perceived each others' appearances. It was about normality and the sense of the ordinary that they saw in them. Two personages connected in a universe where time and distance were significantly insignificant. You know how they say, "make your dreams a reality"? The dream that they shared was also the new reality they wanted to last forever.
The universe played its part; the dream built a place for them undisturbed by the frenzies of the fast, day-to-day lives. Their connection could not substantiate the idea of love, as it defined a quintessence beyond it.
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