Written by: Safal Gautam - 2022016, Grade XI
Posted on: 10 November, 2020
It seems this world still wants to keep me on a close leash. But that is just how I want it, struggling so beautifully. Staring at my respective hourglass, if there is destiny entangled with my ideal self lets arrange to meet at the place farthest from our eventual, “Goodbye”. The time finally came. Today seemed nothing more than a prologue to the prologue. But you can skim through if you wish. From here on out is my story.
Welding experience, wisdom, and a slightly molded courage. While dozing off, at a speed unbeknownst until now. I dove to a faraway place. I dreamed I saw a place different from here. Outside the windows of my classroom, within the bottle of cola I drank this evening and swaying back and forth on a train I have never rode before.
Somewhere along there I saw my ideal self. Looking at one another in a place from which, no matter how far we reach out words like “fate” and “the future” that connect us are completely out of our reach. I proceed on, as the needle of the clock gives me sidelong glances. Making my way through this kind of world, let's spend my entire life - no, as many chapters as I can.
Living on and on, forever…
Banishing the words nice to meet you, far into the distance. I breathe a 1000 times, in a span of a single day. I grew to hate this world made up of words you did find in a dictionary. Even if it may become a tragedy, I wished unseemingly unreal days, with abnormal meanings.
So shall I frolic in a place from where, no matter how far I reach out everything just seems completely out of my reach?
Suddenly I am in a beautiful world that I didn't know existed. As I walked around seeing vague memories of the people I knew I met a girl that I had never seen before. She talked about different things that I could not perceive at all but I still restlessly nod my head. Whenever our eyes met, she would give me a coy smile. Her smile was like a textbook description of this world.
At that time, faced with the thought that her figure will eventually disappear, I had no choice but to burn that entire existence into my memory, with these two eyes. I no longer perceived it as right, I feel that it's my duty.
As she slowly disappeared towards the horizon, I could only notice a very vague but notable figure of hers. As her coquettish laughter resounded through my mind, I seemingly ran towards her. Even the way I ran carried the sound of her laughter.
I don’t know how much time passed until I heard someone calling my name. I opened my eyes as lazily and sleepily as I could. Perceiving that it was all a dream and having completely forgotten what it was in mere seconds i look forward to another uneventful day in my life.
