Detangle

As I type this down, the clock is still ticking and time is sprinting to overtake me with each passing moment. Isn’t this overwhelming? The fact that all of us are running towards our own set targets, which, we assume will lead us to the path of unshakable happiness, is overwhelming. In this mad rat race, we do not want to look behind. We do not want to pause and breathe for a while. Simply, because we have no time. If we all are capable enough to fathom the uncertainty of the time that we are left with, then we surely hold the sensibility to comprehend the preciousness of time.

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Death

Melancholic. Dark. Terrifying. Perplexing. Mystery. These few words are just some fine instances of a generic vocabulary which define or signal the conspiracy and final consequence of life, death. The valiant man who boasts of being ignorant and untouched by the fear of death cannot be believed.

We all live each day in order to secure ourselves from each risk that could stick on to us and each risk that could deprive us from living. We breathe in order to not die of suffocation. We eat in order to not fall prey to death out of starvation. We communicate in order to not give in front of the mighty death because of isolation.

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A Letter that could never be Delivered…

On my wedding night, my father placed his hand on my head, without looking into my eyes and said, “I will pray for your happiness always. Remember that your smile is my strength and every drop of tear in your eyes burns my heart.” I just smiled, looked up at him and said, “All my smiles bid me a goodbye the day I saw him walking away from our house, without even looking back to see me for the last time, walking away from my life forever.”

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