Wrong Time

I came across an Instagram reel belonging to @niyatudubeyy yesterday. In the reel she asked,

“If you were writing a story about two people who loved each other deeply but met at the wrong time, what would the opening line be?”

The one that was the most jawdroppingly profound, leaving my psyche enamored by the ideas.

@youssef_jardak wrote:

“I like to believe quantum theory is right. That somewhere, in a universe kinder than this one, we’re together. It’s raining. The sea is restless. The sky is heavy with clouds. We're sharing a bottle of wine in a quiet park, unaware that in another universe, we never made it.”

Two more:

@ghufranistic wrote:

“Years later, when people asked me what heartbreak felt like, I never spoke of the day you left. I spoke of the day we met.”

@gregcirignanojr wrote:

“The cruelest thing time ever did was introduce us before it was ready to keep us.”