My common sense tells me that I might just actually be one…because you always say so. But I wonder if it would be so different being “you” and not “me”. Do you also feel your thoughts wandering into the tranquil zones of desire when you see birds flock near that temple, and fly in symmetry upon the slightest of the whispers to disturb the silence of their silent world…do you also feel your hands tremble with excitement on witnessing a lost ant meander here and there, and finally reunite with her kingdom, just to be lost in the crowd the very next moment…do you find yourself smiling when that pigeon shits on your vehicle every morning…do you feel all this? Or am I really mad?
You told me today that you don’t dream like me…but I don’t dream either!!! Trust me…I don’t. I don’t think of the mountains when I see the sun rising from beyond the horizon…I don’t dream of the hills when I see it go down. I don’t dream of heavens when I feel the raindrops on my eye lids…trust me, I don’t. All I do is feel…taste…see…sense…be. But is it really so different being “you” and not “me”? I want to know…to know how it feels to be you. What do you feel when the hushed evenings greet you with a bitter cup of coffee and suddenly you realize that there is more to life than just office and work…what do you feel when you take the first sip of that coffee, close you eyes, and drown into that couch like a kitten does in the comforting haven of its mother. How does wind feel like in your nostrils? How does that music feel like in your ears? How do the cold window panes feel like on your fingertips? How does it feel to be you…?I know the taste of water…but I don’t know what it tastes like to you…
8 comments:
i think you're amazing! im just glad u agree water has taste!!!! honestly though, i wish i could articulate one fourth as well as you do..
som, i ll publish ur blog one day in hard copy. permission dedega to theek hai, nahin to tere marne ke baad! haha. but amazing stuff darling, love u for this
zozo
If all this is madness, I live an insane life too. Discovering life through a sparrow's nest; discovering life with the aroma of droplets satiating thirsty land, with the group of birds following its leader, with a restless ant searching for its caravan, with a cup of bitter coffee and.........with the taste of water.
Thanks a ton for commenting on my blog cause that's what brought me here. I don't think I am competent enough to comment on your piece! All I can say it has touched my heart thoroughly.
Keep blogging and discovering life!
I am linking your blog; would like to read about all the discoveries you make!! :)
man!! do u write or spill magic..i know u so wel, u moron..but this still amazes me! good job! hope u retain this insanity in the just-too-sane corporate world of MBA's!:)
YOU r an excellent writer.
reading ut articles is a pleasure no matter what people call it.
it is a rejuvenating experience.guess it is coz of ur routine. i saw the time u wrote it. quite odd.
Its very well written and i appreciate it a lot. But i want to ask why do good things are written in complex ways. Cant it be written in simple english. Agar yehi cheej main hindi main tralsate kar dun, to iss article band baj jaegi :) Sorry but ye fact hai
every piece of literature has two facets...the content and the expression!! and yes, agreed...if written otherwise, the thing would change...because the expression would change! :)
Hindi mein translate kerna is a different thing...no language is in itself superior. So, kind of disagree with the last part.
Bhaiya tum literature ke guru ho tumse jada bakar nahi ki jaa sakti issko lekar. Par mera ye manna hai, There are times something which u write what it means to u and the feelings with which u write is not really what it is. Simple words can also express complex feelings, complex language is not solution to good writings and expressions
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