Two
seeds sown at a little distance from each other. Compared to the seed's
dimensions the expanse between them is too vast to reckon. But then they sprout
and start spreading their roots, the distance all of a sudden seems much
lesser. They share the same soil the same water and grow together, but still
they are apart.
Then the saplings grow into small plants with one’s roots
touching the others and one’s branches pushing the other in an attempt to gain
larger chunk of the shared space. During windy evenings they even hit and try
to snap the other.
Eventually weathering the storms together, reluctantly at first
and jointly there after; they grow into mature trees. The distance that seemed
infinite at the initial stage, just vanishes. The roots are intertwined. The
soil and water are shared without any reason for conflict. The branches above
intertwined like the roots supporting the other during storms. The trees face
the elements together. Inter dependent, respecting each other's space while all
the boundaries having been erased. Helping each other survive and grow. Becoming each other's part.
Supporting each other in rain or shine or storms. Inseparable,
the passer by sees the branches and can never tell which belong to what tree.
Same with the roots, they stand inseparable, mixed and grown into each other.
They are two trees yet survive like one entity. Each one is other's strength
and others support. And with that interdependence they grow bigger and
stronger. They shelter birds and squirrels. They develop a whole ecosystem around them. They create
a whole world based on their mutual support and interdependence.
And such is the institution of marriage too!!
Less than a month ago completed 14 years with my partner tree, still snapping some leaves sometimes but mostly holding each others branches during the storms.. Growing Stronger together!!!!