People Always Leave.

People always leave. This may look or sound an easy enough sentence. But when you think about it, it is not that easy. It is complex, highly nuanced - something that can be interpreted differently by different people. Someone might think about it casually; another person can write whole pages on it (like I can!) And then, somebody else might not even think about it.

It is so true that people leave. All our loved ones, near and dear ones, relatives, family, friends...none stay with us forever. Support may be pledged (and given) when needed. But no one stays forever.

I know this about my life. And I stand totally vindicated. People have left me. I have left people behind. My parents, with whom I spent eighteen wonderful years of my life, now seem like a part of the past (though it has barely been two years since I moved out to study!) Back home, I feel as if I am on a vacation - because I go back home only during the holidays. My life now revolves around my college, my activities outside it, my boyfriend, my friends, etc, etc. I do not miss home, which is the strangest part. I never realised life could, and would, become so complicated. I never thought I would not miss my parents and brother. But sadly, this is the case now! (And I feel extremely guilty about it!)

I have left old friends behind. Friends whom I trusted, friends whom I played with. School friends who formed such an integral part of my daily life, that I felt it would be difficult to stay without them. But that is what I am doing now. And happily enough! Life moves on. It does not stay still. It flows on smoothly (and roughly!) like water. My life has also moved on now. Beyond the confines of my sheltered life. Beyond the protective cocoon I had been esconsced in. Beyond the borders that had come to define my life per se. I have made new friends (though I still remain in touch with the old ones!) I have found people whose wavelength perfectly matches mine. Who share the same tastes as I have. We talk about the same stuff, debate about them, analyse them. I love sharing my life with them. Now I cannot envisage my life without them.

But even they will move on. Because people inevitably do. And so will I. I will find new and amazing people, a partner, someone for life, someone who will be with me through thick and thin, someone who will stand by me..come rain and snow, someone who will weather life's storms along with me. But even he will leave me someday. For better or for worse. And I will be left with myself, my company, my thoughts, my constant companions - some things that will never ever leave me, some things that will forever remain static, some things that will never cause me to move on.