SECOND CHANCES

PROLOGUE

                          Not often in life do we get chances that we are desirous of and its even rarer that we get second chances. We always wish to have a second chance ; a second chance at a missed opportunity , a second chance at a failed attempt , a second chance at proving oneself , a second chance at love , a second chance at life in general. But only a few of us are fortunate enough to get those chances in life , fewer who get a second chance at love. Love , an emotion that exists in many shapes and forms but that is not the love we are talking about here. It the soul stirring , heart fluttering , breath stopping , all consuming ..once in a lifetime kind of love....that is the love we are talking about .People say 'lucky are the ones who get to experience the magic of love once in their lifetime" , but are those people luckier who find love twice ? Many of us wish to fall in love again but are we actually prepared when those wishes are granted ? Are we brave enough to once again brave through the storm that love is ? Are we strong enough to face another heartache ? Are we courageous enough to bare it all one more time ? Are any of us actually ready to wear our hearts on our sleeves for a second go at love ? Are we ready to do it all over again ? Who decides when one is ready for a another shot ; what if you aren't ready for starting it all over again ? what if your heart isn't ready to be broken again ? What do you do then ?

I had my heart broken once , but how much ever I warned it , it has made the same mistake again. I was feeling things that i had taught myself not to feel again. It scares me to even go down that path again, knowing very well how it ended last time. I didn't want to feel that hurt again . Its not like i can bet on the odds this time . Its the unpredictability that bothers the mind , who demands of me to stay logical and not fall for the magical tricks of the heart . The mind knows how callous the heart is; in a way its just being protective . But when has the heart ever listened to the arguments of the mind. In the battle between the brain and the heart , its the logic which has to surrender because heart never gets the logic ,does it ?

So here I am , standing midst the battle of the two most important organs of life .This was my second chance at a love that has caused me so much pain and yet I could feel my heart moving steadily towards the same slippery slope again , but was I ready for it to fall head over heels again?

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