Sunday 3 September 2023

I love you

 


“I love you” statured the man while breathing heavily.
The heavy silence was interrupted by the voice of the “God of Wisdom”, “this is not something to be said lightly…” with the same calm tone, and without the faintest smile, he added, “love is coupled by responsibility”.
A few weeks ago, the man was wondering aimlessly. An ordinary man with more than his share of sadness, who wasn’t aware of where this path may lead. The “God of Wisdom” was bored of the abode of Gods, his perfect world, and decided to visit the land where men lived, fought and died. It is not really known how the two stumbled into each other, magic? Destiny? Or it was just a mistake?


The man saw glimpses of a world he never knew, the world of grace, the world of beauty and the world of love. These were the realms of Gods, where the “God of wisdom” lived, where he really belonged. Overwhelmed by sheer happiness, the man forgot who he was, and came closer to the “God of Wisdom” and said with a faint tone. “I love you…..I am sure”. Silence, cruel silence was all what surrounded the man. Unable to control himself, he whispered, “I love you”.
It took the “God of Wisdom” some time before shaking his head and saying, “love comes with consequences…” he sighed, stared at the man, and with the kindest tone, he asked, “are you willing to pay?” the man murmured in fear, “the eternal punishment?”. The “God of Wisdom” gazed at the horizon and said calmly, “if this is how you see it, then yes, this is what you have to pay”


No one told us how many hours did they spend that night, what did they say or how they parted, all what we know that there were lessons they both had to learn. The man learned to cry while the “God of wisdom” learned that the world of men is a place that even a “God” could not change its rules.


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