A twist in the tale

He was smitten by her the moment he laid his eyes on her. She was the most exquisite thing that he had ever seen. He was trying to get her attention but she would not look his way. Was she playing hard to get or was she really not interested in him ?, he conspicuously kept moving around her, hoping to catch her eye.

His efforts finally seemed to pay off as he saw her reciprocating his interest. She came over to where he was and thus started a relationship that he hoped would last for a lifetime.

The moments they spent together were pure bliss, he could not remember if he ever had been more happier than this and hoped she felt the same way. As time passed, the desire to start a family grew stronger in him and she acquiesced. And they brought forth to the world their wonderful little children. He was looking forward to both of them bringing up their little ones in the best way possible.

But alas, that was not to be. She had no intentions of wasting her time on bringing up her offsprings and so she vanished from his life without any warning. One moment she was there and the next moment she was gone. She had deserted him right after the conception and it was he who now had to deal with the complete responsibility of taking care of their kids. She had disappeared leaving behind a whole family and a broken heart.

Faced with the reality of being a single parent, he realized that this was life and this was the way it always was and will always be.

As he braced himself for a lonely struggle ahead, he could not help but think “Damn, it is tough being a male sea horse”