Saturday, November 22, 2008

Mistress of Memories

...she drifts through the streets without a sound...while Life and Death play hide'n'seek in the valley of broken dreams. The wind is cold...piercing the skin like needles...but only if she cared. Her eyes are hazy...not in color...but in thought. A gaze that sees beyond time...wandering in the land of memories. She walks eastwards...ever so slowly...

...the gray sky looms above like a somber child. The sound of thunder threatens the heart...but if only she cared. The banks of the river are devoid of civilization...just like the world. As she steps in...the water rushes to eat her flesh...the bitter cold biting at her skin...but only if she cared.

...welcoming the numbness....she steps in further. As the water reaches higher...she stops for a moment...and her gaze returns to this world. She bids farewell to the land of dreams...as a placid smile drifts on her lips....then she takes the final step down...

...and disappears. The water welcomes her as its own ...embracing ...enveloping ...enchanting. The only memory remaining are the dying ripples on the surface...and even they fade away....

4 comments:

ZooFugitive said...

my stupid adapter got stolen again, i got to read this only in the C-lab...
Very nice man, it literally transports you to the place...

Akash Verma said...

Hostel 4 ppl...thieves i tell you...THIEVES! kabhi adapter...to kabhi CFL bulbs! wat next...potty mugs from our toilets?? lol....

anyways...thanks for the comment... :-)

reema said...

is it written for me????....in a very sadistic appriciative manner?....

Akash Verma said...

do u want me to say "yes"???...lol....sorry to disappoint you reema...but its something i wrote for lisa ray! hahaha...is the ending of one of my fav movies "water".

Two scenes from tat movie touched me...the starting scene wit the father telling the little girl "chuiya"..."beta, tu vidhva ho gayi"..to which she replies "kab tak baba?"...

...and the scene with lisa ray entering the water....it was...beautiful!