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A Palace of Illusions: A look into Draupadi’s tale

Photography - Giselle Wong Hair/Makeup - Nadhirah Talib, Giselle Wong, Justine Clark Styling - Nadhirah Talib

you thought it would be fun to run away with her heart, wrapping your fingers around it in a tight clasp as your feet took you further away from her. you never saw her, just the shell that protected her essence from the world. 

you are not deserving, she thought. she took a few steps away from you.

you thought that she came back because of the meaningless words you spoke about second chances, taking her presence for granted. “she will always be here.”

you thought that she hung on every word that you said, and she did. for a while. but when she revisited those memories, she realised how empty those words felt. what felt like a cool embrace against her skin, a warm embrace, now felt like a sudden splash of cold water.

wake up, love. 

I’m sorry I took so long to reach you.

I’m sorry you spent all those years loving someone else, tracing invisible patterns down her shoulders on nights where you wondered if this was it for you. I’m sorry that she didn’t spend the time to notice the flecks of green within your warm brown eyes that were so reassuring and comforting. Did she even make you smile as much as I hope I have over the past month? 

I’m sorry she taught you that absence did not make the heart grow fonder, that it only forced a wedge between the hearts that were once linked. 

But I’m not sorry that I met you, that I got to tell you things I never imagined telling someone I so desperately wanted to impress. I’m not sorry that I feel so strongly for you despite the short amount of time we have spent with one another, one can never truly understand the connection a heart and mind has. I’m not sorry that I am telling you how I feel for you, it was only a matter of time before my eyes gave it all away. I’m not sorry for saying that I will wait, however long you would want me to, for your heart to be ready.