Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Celebrations

Its a time when every one in the world is celebrating, dressed in their finest and resplendent with joy. They are playing his song for the first time today, his words, so powerful that the existence of music ceases to matter. And lovers dance, moving as one, to an overwhelming feeling. Weather some one came out on a first date, a casual encounter or to celebrate with their love, every one is soaked in the intense feeling that burns them with a vague yet acute desire for their partner. His cries of pain are fading away into the same music playing somewhere far away. There is a song in his heart, and you can hear it. Not by the sound of the music, but by the feeble , yet effort-full movement of his lips. Now there is a song on his lips.

As music starts, a man, gently holding on to the hand of his lady, leads her to the dance floor. With their dancing, but more so with the emotion brought forth by the words of his songs, the man and the women start becoming one. The hand that till now was only gently brushing over her delicate shoulders, now smears over her arm as if trying to get inside her skin. Her eyes that were till now dancing around and expressing joy are now staring right into his. The power of the music, the song, the words had brought the flamboyance out of all the lovers present in the hall.
Lying on his hard bed,he twitches his feet ever so slightly, as if checking to see if he still has some life left in his body. Its a dimly lit room, dulled by time, devoid of color, let alone any details.
His pale yellow face and his bloodshot eyes barely noticeable.
The red neon light darts across the floor, giving the golden yellow confetti an enthralling glaze in the back drop of a purposefully dimly lit ballroom. The songs continue to hold the couples on the floor and the breaths are getting heavier by the second. Inhibitions have taken away egos with them.
While some where else, the breaths are getting slower and slower. The medication has not taken away the disease, but only the pain, and with it the will to live. But not the will to create songs. The same twitch of the feet, well nearly. And nothing after that.

And as the crowd shouts for an encore , of his songs that were being played, a star is born.
And a Star who could never be has breathed his last.








Thursday, December 10, 2009

Coffee

There is a whole world inside the coffee shop, but outside there is none.Sitting
in a coffee shop,I see the life in all its forms confined into that small yet rich place.
People don't just buy coffee for coffee. Some people buy coffee for their love for

coffee,some buy coffee for their love. Some others buy coffee, just because they
 can afford to.

"More coffee??" the waiter smiles.. "yes please!!!", and he is off to fetch more.

There is a couple ordering more coffee, just to buy more time with each other.
There is another, hoping by the time they are done with theirs, things between
them would be all right. The bookworm wants people to know that she only cares
about her coffee and the book , yet all she cares about is who all are watching her.
The three people at the corner are all wide eyed, trying to appear interested in
their conversation, while really there are just judging each other, making mental notes.
Suited man with a calculator and a bunch of papers is trying to rape the scared woman's
fear of her future and sell her an investment plan. The women is drinking coffee to calm
her self, and the man, to calm the women. The college kids are reveling in the intoxicating
thrill of being " mocha" and "hazelnut" aware. More cups arrive. Afternoon revelers settle
in on their table to have some, just because of the lack of any other thing to do.
The guy at the counter sells coffee to be able to go to college. The group of youngsters
in the smoking section go to college to visit coffee shops.

The heady fragrance in the air isn't all beans, its a brew of emotions each one coming
in contact with the coffee is carrying deep within. There are very many fancy names
and fancy cups. But each caries in it the essence steaming from the mere existence
of things. For it to be coffee, it would need a precarious, balance of bitter and sweet.
For it to be life, it would need coffee in it. There is a whole world inside the coffee s
hop, while out there , there is none.