the rainbow -
8th July 2008, 05:40 PM
the rainbow
it was sunset time
and I was aware, that soon the darkness
will swallow up this lonely patch of Chaupati
making me feel scared of lonliness ,that I have ‘ in and around me’
over the last couple of days.
I suddenly remembered the suffocating climate of my dingy‘lodge’
That ever remained untouched by the ‘sun rays’.
It was sun set time
With the waves of Arabian Sea reaching ahead to scold me
Curse me..abuse me, for being so timid and weak..
For having embarked on a journey to the city of dreams
With such yellow streak.
…I felt like shouting back at the sea and kick it hard with my feet
but suddenly ..
from almost nowhere soap bubbles sprang over and around me
and looking back ..i saw the small kid who was causing them.
..there was a rainbow on his lips as he smiled
and carefully looking at the airborne soap-bubbles
I did see, sure hint of tiny rainbows in them.
..and my heart was full of a fresh supply of oxygen
that I knew will keep me going in this city
until I discover a rainbow..myself…amen!
PRASHANT VASL/20.03.1995(a year after coming to Bombay)
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