He was driving down that road often driven. Oddly enough, the traffic seemed to 'flow'. It was a blessing in disguise, as he was almost in a daze; from all those things zooming in his head. He shook himself out of the reverie for the nth time that evening. The short drive seemed to go on forever that day. As much as he dreaded driving while in such a daze, he equally dreaded going back to the empty house…the house; always empty, had felt eerie for the first time.
Meanwhile, the radio in the car blared on – oblivious to his muddled mind. He, in turn was oblivious to the RJ talking, to the songs playing, to everything else! Josh Groban drawled on from the stereo…'like the sound of silence calling….' … totally unaware of his distracted audience. Two shakes of time elapsed, and he had to shake himself out of the daze again. At that very moment, Josh Groban sang on… 'celebrate every moment' … And lo, and behold! It transformed him into a complete new trance, to a complete new level. Here, everything was clear, everything was visible, everything was transparent. Every tick in the clock now counted, unlike others which earlier, went unnoticed. He smiled to himself as he took the last turn towards his now beckoning home…
