The past few tumultuous months have been sordid as well as inexplicably radiant. I have always envisioned myself to be quite an empty shell of a man, with a lot of accomplishments to my name but none to actually bewilder me with their presence or god forbid, birth butterflies in my perpetually acidity-ridden stomach.

Yukti, I am beyond joyous that you have paraded like a ray of sunshine into my life and infusing it with such undulating happiness, fun and joy that I see myself frolicking in empty, vast grasslands with you by my side as far as the eye can see.

It takes me back to the days when we used to bicker like an old married couple and there were actual days when I resented you with such fervor and passion, and cut to now, I can only envisage my life with you in it with the same old fervor and passion.

Winter is coming, literally and figuratively and so did you into my heart. I can keep you ensconced now for as long as time binds us both into melting pot of love, care, succor and happiness.

You have been my anchor, my number one support system and quite literally held my hand when darkness was my only companion. I can trace the trajectory of my growth with you in it. Here’s a quickie lol, pardon my unintentional pun. I went or rather morphed from a lonely, misunderstood and a constantly down bad mushy ball of white fur to a worldly, sasta Ocean Vuong. Not to mention a passionate lover too. You single handedly unfurled aspects of me that I didn’t know existed prior. I was completely oblivious of the fact that I could like somebody so much, yup that’s me. Baffled at my capacity to like you, like us and everything else in between.

There have been a constant barrage of endless and many more memories to come, all decked in the corner of my heart, like a thousand bejeweled crowns with ONLY you being the defacto queen of my heart. U don many roles in my life. Girlfriend, best friend, confidante, humraaz, humdard, bhaari potti, cutie, self-proclaimed therapist and many more. Ek page kaafi nahi rahega tujhe zikr karne ke liye. Don’t ever go from my catawampus of a life. I have your complete love, trust and loyalty and you have mine as well, without question. No farewells to you, my queen, just an ode to ya. Cheers and Le Chaim.

Here’s to you, Girlfriend.

U the bestttttt. 

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