Thursday, October 23, 2008

A Room with one view.

An evening with nothing to do.So much to be done yet all left undone.Just another evening.The sound of the ceiling fan moving,the sound of the neighbour's utensils clanking against each other,someone coughing somewhere...the same everyday noises and a soul trapped amidst them.A soul that wants to breathe,that wants to fly.Unrestricted and undaunted over endless acres of pure greenery,over miles of the deepest and bluest oceans.Yet chained,chained by thoughts,by memories,by words,by images flashing past...beguling her in her quest of escapism.
What would aid her to escape,she thinks.Lets see...umm...everyday things that helps the common man to forget their small trivialties...A Cigarette?nopes,she doesnt smoke.Joints?Not available.A good book-A coelho or sheldon may be...ahm!An apt choice but currently unavailable within reach.(The blue cover of Linda goodman's Love Signs peeping under the pillow.)Music?Numb or Deset Rose or perhaps Anne's Song may be?Yes finally the best option...the best means of escaping.But escaping what?
Is it the java textbook neatly arranged on the table or the scores of the other textbooks lying at the bookrack ,their contents yet to be explored?Is it the million thoughts waiting to be penned down or the cry of a thousand voices each trying to raise a protest from within?
All are fading,turning murky...all silenced.Silenced by the indignant ceiling fan shamelessly moving in the same pattern...round and round and round...is it trying to create a whirlpool?is it trying to suck up my vitality?thoughts receeding,images diappearing,colours fading,green,blue all melting into a dull grey and here i lay...on my bed listlessly doing nothing.Staring at the ceiling fan,searching for a window,a window to vacate.But vacate what?What was I trying to push through or was I trying to push away something all this while?Through or away...what will it be?Someone is coughing in the distance,I hear utensils clanking in my neighbour's kitchen,the fan moving and me on my bed in a small 12 X 10 feet room.

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