Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Lost Solitude

This chennai evening was much like the others.The same old dusty roads.The very same hot breeze blew across my face making me feel as if inside a heated oven. The rhythms of monotony dancing along the pavements. Life was caged in iron bars with a little space to breathe. The only masti was in chatting n teasing n running about the pavements with my friends. Friends when i say is five.It is the four and my brother.Paata,corby,chuchu,raghu , popeye n my brother imroze(cannot miss out roby.. ).Let me tell you about all .Paata, the cutest,chubbiest n livliest thing in our group.She is short n she is lovely. She has a cuckoo voice which pulls everyone. Have you ever known paata means dustbin?(She would kill me for this.) Corby,the mistake master. She is tall,fair,filled with a lot o sense. She has those lovely wide eyes n one cute smile.I cant still understand how she tackle all the things.Chuchu the kid, the most innocent.She is dark but beautiful. I cant help envying her.Her black eyes,the naturally curved eyebrows n her long hair(never to forget),she is simply a beauty.But one thing she should do is to hold her temper.Raghu,the short fatty guy. Understanding him is difficult. One thing i can say he is a big secondary storage.But not to forget he is the most gracious person eating everthing we cook.Popeye, it is a recent arrival imported from kolkata. He is a stick eats much but never seen.He laughs loud.He always speaks of technologies n revolutions ,the knowledge bank of our group.Talking about my brother he is simply superb.He is always there for me.We had a new friend with us the pappa-boy, i call him. He is a fair,hefty guy who speaks less, almost nothing which puts him out of place.
We had walked out of our air-conditioned tall glass-cased building to the burning truths of real life. We started walking slowly towards the moon. The starry nights which i lost long ago. The walk was the only pleasant thing in a day .The monotony of life was spraining my skull.The realisation of lost self was pricking my heart. Solitude was creeping back up to me . It was then the scent of a long sold dream beat past me. I couldnt stop my wings fly to the heights of an eagle's flight. Its where i realised the presence of more souls at the same height. It takes much to understanding. It costs much to trust. It is the sweetest to understand n realise the moment that u trust. It was at one of those intimate moments u feel lik hugging thos of whom u lov the most. Reaching the big compound gates i can see one of the sweet souls turning invisible but its still hanging around somewhere like a ghost in the darkness. Walking still the only thing i could hear was the roaring vehicles along the road. In between i could hear the laughs of popeye. I suddenly woke up from my realisations when i heard the screeching sound of brakes. An auto had upturned.People were shouting and crowding even though it was a daily sight for the city folks. I was shocked by the sight. People were being pulled out one by one but in such ease that u feel they had been doing it everyday and finally the auto to stand.I was pulled along the sight by paata who herself got carried. Walking back o my realisations,it was this day that i saw a new gleam in an old face. I could see the face at the same height for the first time. Sailing there alone none to glance. From then we joined n formed the trio,the terrible trio because its always silence which talks the best.As we reach the signal the only thought so energising is the fight with the auto wallas n finally charge towards our destination. Nights at chennai are seemingly long but always had the goodness of sleep.

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