Glooming through pages

 A girl from my class asked me why I liked reading sad books.
I told her it was because..... I don't know..... 
Now that I think about it, I really have been reading a lot of sad stuff lately.

I thought about why sad books made me say "This is beautiful"

Being sad has never been a good thing...

Being sad was never "beautiful" 

We get our hearts broken because we had the courage to love

We cry because we were happy before. 

There is no sadness if there is no happiness in the first place. 

When a book has a sad ending, there is always a happy beginning. 

That happiness is what makes being gloomy beautiful.

Death is sad only when life is happy.

If not, no one would die sad, just alone.

I guess what I'm trying to say is,

Amir suffered because Hassan was important to him.

Dalia died because Amal had to survive.

Laila's life seemed gloomy because she loved Tariq.

So the next time someone asks me why I like reading sad books, 

I'll say "There was a time they were happy... 

Those memories are what make them sad... Memories are powerful... 

And that is beautiful..."

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Oajaswini S