The Happening

In a time when everything seemed to be at unrest, in a place far away from ours, where the river flowed slowly and time moved at a languorous pace, there was a  happening which caused a hullabaloo. In this otherwise sleepy place, where people actually did no work and enjoyed drinking tea all day long owing to the hide and seek the sunlight played, what Rashid achieved was a feat of sorts.

In times, such as these

He sank into the chair.Slowly, sleep descended on him.

It seemed like any other day.The Sun, obviously rose from the east.The birds chirped like they usually did.Even he looked the same, while he stood in front of the mirror.Nothing had changed, yet things seemed different.

She seemed to move through  the day like a programmed robot.She went about the chores, like she always did.She spoke to no one,just furiously typed into the computer.Even had her lunch alone.But then, she never owed anyone an explanation.

But one day their paths would clash.No,it wasn't like they were about to spend the rest of their lives together.It would just be a way in which the powers of destiny would prove their existence and would tangle each other into a scheme of things, that were, well, difficult to explain.

wings of fire

Trapped he was in  a scheme of things that were perfectly planned or rather organised, just like the Germans did.The forces of nature could do nothing to save him.Trapped.

But little did they know of what was to come.In what seemed like wrong and impossible to  others, he simply took off that instant. Took off to the lands he always wanted to see, with no destiny set, just to explore a world inside the world he was living in.For some strange reason even the harsh winds favoured him.So did all the other things, which we call nature.

Just when it felt that it was for real, he realised it was all but a dream.

No wait, it was for real.:)

Up in the air

She stood there leaning by the parapet.Gushes of  winter air blowing on her face, she looked  at the evening sky  painted in brilliant hues of pink and orange, with little specks fuchsia, blue,green and all other colours you could think of added by the kites that almost seemed like they were being choreographed in unison by the hundreds of hands flying them.

In that one instant everything changed, just like the flying lanterns which suddenly appeared, lighting up the darkening sky.

He stood there, a few steps behind her not quite knowing whether it was the right thing being there.

Broken silences

They both sat there awkwardly waiting for the coffees they had just ordered.He fiddling with his cellphone.She found comfort in listening to the sounds around her, staring away into the distance through the glass window.They spoke a million things through the silences they shared.The coffees came in the mean while.

They both got into the car.He started the car and asked her,'where do we go?'

The science of floating

It engulfed me, slowly seeping into me through the pores of my skin.I floated.I floated through the misty air like a light weightless being, slowly rising above making my way into the clear skies.

 It wasn't like what I had thought it would be.While I did have that weird feeling in my stomach, the joy was rather overwhelming,snatching away my attention from other things.