I discovered a park today. Hardly hundred metres away from my flat. It's been almost a decade since we shifted here but after a few horrific events in the locality I never stepped a foot out alone. Yes right, not even to this nearby park. Until today I didn't even know it exists and I wasn't interested in knowing as well. Now it was important, to go out and breathe some fresh air. To exhale my worries and get into the arms of mother nature for some tranquilness. To hear the birds chirp and the animals, trying to decipher their stories. To inhale the smell of the damp soil, to walk barefoot on the green grass. To see the serenity surrounding me.
I saw some kids rushing towards one end of the park and decided to join the horde. They all were so carefree, the only fight in their lives being the one for the swing. Who will be up next for a chance?
They had no sorrows of the past and no worries of the future. They just lived in the present, every moment.
I chose to stay there for a while, keenly waiting for my chance of getting on the swing too.
When finally I sat on it, the swing roared upwards with a heavy heart and came back down with tears leaving from the corner of my eyes. That to and fro movement was a perfect blend of my present situation. Mixed with thoughts of the past to the concerns about the future. Ultimately sitting there I conquered those preoccupying thoughts. As if I no longer carried that extra baggage on my shoulders. I found the lost child in me, living the moment carefree.
I returned to home with a fresh smile as I'd brought the child along within me.
P.S. After months, I finally decided to think about myself and not you, until just now!
Breaking free through the eggshell…
Auldrin
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