“God created husband and wife so that they could COMPLETE each other’s incompleteness and together make their world beautiful.”
(A program was playing on TV.)

Watching the program, Naveen drifted into another world of thoughts…

“How saddened God must have felt when husband and wife removed the ‘L’ from COMPLETE and turned it into ‘COMPETE’ — into a fight for supremacy — and started competing against each other, losing their love in the process. Those who were meant to be friends became rivals instead.”

“Hey, where are you lost? Your tea is getting cold.”
Kalpana shook Naveen out of his thoughts.

“Oh, nothing… There was a program on TV about wives. Tell me, can a boy (husband) and a girl (wife) never truly become friends? Why are swords always drawn between them over their own dominance?”

“You won’t understand our feelings. You men are hopeless when it comes to understanding love.”

“Hey, hey, hey… where are you taking this conversation now? Listen, hear a poem!”

You are soft-hearted, while I am stubborn, my dear!
You are daddy’s fairy, while I’m a ghost, my dear!
You are the shell of the ocean, while I’m just sand, my dear!
You are a beautiful garden, while I’m merely a field, my dear!
You are the train, while I’m the one getting hit, my dear!
You are the road roller, while I’m flattened beneath, my dear!
Since I fell in love with you, I’ve become great, my dear!
Now serve the food, I’ve been waiting, my dear!

“Oh, stop it with your smooth and sugary false talks. I’ll bring the food.”
(Kalpana said lovingly while pretending to glare at him.)

- Balvinder Singh Bison

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