19 FEB 2018 AT 19:05

They were getting divorced. She came for the last time to pack her things. She took only those things that were hers only. She packed the cosmetics and left the ointments and medicines. Her bag contained her sarees, some odd jewelleries. She left the latest diamond set he had gifted her. That was 2 years back. He had later regretted giving it to her. He once also blamed her for being greedy. She was packing her things but she wasn't greedy. They had been together for five years. If not always sometimes their life was bed of roses. She mused over something, they were hers or not? The kitchen utensils, the lampshed that her father gifted. Some odd pieces of decoration. They were hers but there was no point in carrying that extra burden. She had packed some memories. That she hid behind the folds of her Saree. What are you trying to steal? He jumped at her. With tears in her eyes she revealed an old artificial chain. Why was she taking it? It has also lost the gleam. It was his gift to her on the first anniversary. It was an imitation. He didn't want to spend too much on her. He wasn't sure their marriage would last or not. It was the time of her first miscarriage.

- Purnima Sugandha