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Thursday, October 25, 2007

at times....



“Time sometimes seems to fly

and we learn to run by
Lest we get left behind…”

“…and when everything seems haphazard
the mind then reduces to a blizzard
Yet, we learn to sport a smile,
and when confronted, say - hey, I’m fine!


There are times when a zillion things seem to run about in one’s head. Yet, there’s some sort of an empty feeling, the feeling of vacuum, as if the mind is completely blank. The swaying of the leaves in the light breeze, the flight of birds in the high skies…all that simply goes unnoticed. The hot coffee turns cold, the rain ceases to pour, amidst which, all that is recalled is staring out into the vast openness.
Sleep refuses to make way for the tired self, because all that the mind yearns to do is gaze into the still of the cold night, into the huge arena we call the skies, as though in search of an angel to come down and kiss you goodnight.
The angels do come; they take the form of rain. The rain washes away the dirt, and appears to take with it what’s hurt. The Sun shines back and the smile returns. On similar lines that there is nothing equal to nature’s fury, there’s nothing comparable to nature’s warmth either!


8 comments:

Cinderella said...

Wow...this was thought provoking.
Iloved the expression,
"hot coffee turns cold.."
Is not that so real..so true ?
Our life is like a blank canvas every morning, and we fill it up different shades and hues, all day long, as the minutes tick by...only to wipe it clean as we close our eyes to sleep and wake up with a white canvas again...

Take care.
It was nice see you on my page.

Golden Words said...

"There are times when a zillion things seem to run about in one’s head"
To be fair, i dont think i am responsible for half of that..
Hugs.
g.w

xtremely_insane said...

hoon kane.. deja vu actually.
i'm reading fountainhead for the 3rd time remember :p

it is one of those weird little things which we experience but don't talk about.. it seems so trivial to talk about.. but we cannot neglect it ourselves...

Sushma said...

@ Cinderella

:) thanks for visiting my blog.
Yeah, so many things happen in the so few hours that we are awake, and the next day you wake up, everything seems so forgotten and so much momentary... now, that's something worth a thought

Sushma said...

@ gw

Don't think we can claim anyone to be responsible for our thoughts, right? After all, it is us performing the thinking action...

:) Thanks

Sushma said...

@ xtremely_insane
Perfect timing. What better than me reminding you of Ayn Rand's books each day, right? ;)

True, my friend.. it's something everyone experiences; and it gets so difficult to neglect it on those days that you get ruminative.
Ps: next time you read fountainhead, I'll make sure I change the course of your diversion ;). Thanls for commenting, anyways :)

Nirmal said...

so very true.. i totally connected with the imagery...

great writing.. looking forward for more..!

Sushma said...

@the thinker
Glad the imagery is made visible to people other than me too! :)
Thanks, more articles to be up in the near future (or so I hope).