The Bloodless Murder

                She dropped to the floor, her heart pounding  , tears rolling down her cheeks, she could not sense her existence. Everything was a blur. Life was coming to an end. There was no future, no present  , the past had killed it all. She kept calling him as he left but not a sound could be heard. She had taken a decision , a decision to commit suicide without killing herself , she had taken a decision to survive and not live, she had taken a decision to leave the love of her life.

                This was worse than committing suicide she thought as she lay on the floor in a puddle of her tears. She could not let him go like this. She wanted to stop him , call him back to her , have that smile on her lips again, but she could not for he had murdered her a long time back.

                She had a beautiful smile, everyone said that to her. Her flawless skin was like the flowing river getting brighter in the sunlight. She had loads of friends and they loved her. She was a cheerful bubbly girl, full of life, always happy and making others happy. And then she met him. That day changed her life. She fell in love with him. He fell in love with her. She had met her knight in shining armor. Little did she know he came with a sword. Love blossomed . And soon they were together. He was everything or her. She would go to any lengths for him . She could kill and get killed. She would never let him be sad . She would never say a no for an answer.

And with this she changed. No more friends , no more smiles. Her eyes were sad as they were tired of giving. He used her,abused her and yet she listened. He shouted at her and yet she listened. He never understood her and yet she stayed. He never let her bloom and she stayed crushed. He never encouraged her and she never progressed. He never thought highly of her and she started thinking low of herself. She cried the nights , she survived the days. Her face was listless and her body cold. She hid her swollen eyes behind big spectacles. She lied that she could not sleep. She had nightmares of the monster killing her. Yet there never was any blood around.

She wanted to run away but love stopped her. She wanted to flee but she was bound by the shackles of love. She wanted to save herself but she did not. She knew it was like slow poison . she knew he was getting at her. Slowly and steadily he would kill her. The little emotions she had in her would all die. She would lose and how. She knew it and yet she accepted defeat. What better than dying at the hands of my love she thought. But yes she had hope, hope that he would change, hope that circumstances changed, hope that she would smile again.

But the hope died. He slapped her . He didn’t lift his hand. He slapped her with his words. She had gone out with her friends and he did not like it . And so he had shouted at her. She apologized but it didn’t affect him. He was like a mad bull. He was red with rage . he forced himse lf on her and at that very moment he killed her. Without a weapon, without a reason , without blood he murdered her. She pushed him away and asked him to leave and never come back . She was dead and the dead don’t love , they only haunt but in her case it would be her knight in shining armor who would haunt her all the rest of her life. A life with a body and no soul….