Heartbeats racing, pulse throbbing, throat going dry, palms sweating but the eyes are starry and the only feeling that predominates is strong intense love-recognize these signs?
Of course, you do.
These are common symptoms when you meet or think about the one you crush on.
Everyone has had a crush or even more than one crush in his or her lifetime.It is one of those inexplicable feelings really. But oh so tangible and human.
Here is Uncommon writer Aisha Jain, who captures with an endearing simplicity the feelings for a crush. Every word she has penned rings true for anyone and everyone who has had a crush.
Dear stranger, I am in love with…
You don’t know me, and how would you; for every time I muster the courage to go and say hello to you my knees buckle and my stomach threatens to lurch and don’t even ask about the speed with which my heart begins to race, like it’s in the final laps of the F1.
Thank God for my rib cage, otherwise, I am pretty sure I wouldn’t have a heart anymore.
At least now you would know the reason for the constricted face I make when you smile at me when we pass each other in the corridors. I promise I am not acting like a bitch, I am just worried my heart doesn’t jump out of my throat while doing somersaults. I am not sure if you are a stranger to me now, for I have seen all your pictures; from when you were a little boy dressed as a joker for fancy dress, to the time you rescued Ram Laddu (He sounds more like a halwai than a dog by the way), all the way to your graduation pictures. I remember all your statuses like they were asked in my board exams and have religiously browsed the comment section in each of your posts like it’s relevant in the national interest. It would be safe to say I tread on dangerous waters for you while stalking your Instagram from 67 weeks ago. So we are not strangers anymore, at least not for me. I have already imagined all the possible circumstances life might put us in, how I might stumble on you sitting in a quaint cafe reading Murakami, when I am more confident and prettier and can finally call out your name casually like it’s no big deal and even be bold enough to strike a conversation about why I think Norwegian Wood sells you short. And then we start dating and I can finally get to tell you how dreams actually come true sometimes.
But until then I can only gawk from afar and seethe with envy as the hot popular girls flirt with you like it’s no big deal. Waiting for you to say hello, and praying for my tongue to not close in on me again.
Well, the silly things we do when we are smitten, infatuated or in love!
But what touches us about this read, is that it is so real. The feelings, the inability to hide the intense feelings, the longing and the desire- all have been so vividly portrayed!
About the writer:
Aisha describes herself as a tumble weed blowing in the wind, floating around happily, taking on life as is, one moment a time. Not one to fall into societal categorizations of careers, passions, and professions, she asks not what you want to be, but what you want to do.
“Trying to find the magic in the mundanity of life is what interests her. She says, Treat life as a wonderful gift and nothing would seem less than the universe conspiring to set motions to make it your day, every day.’”
You can follow Aisha on her blog
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