There was a time when the skies were tangerine; the wine sweet, the smile warm, and the hearts caught in between. There was no fear in the world, or perhaps that was the illusion I had surrounded myself with. Insecurities were a thing of the past, tears never even surfaced on the cheeks, and there were smiles. Oh! Lots of smiles. And then everything went to shit. Billowing clouds marked the horizon, shrouding the tangerine sun in its arms. The wine grew bitter, the smile got forced, and the heart ached and cried. It sucks to go through a heartbreak. It kills to go through a heartbreak again and again. And before you know it, you see it- the death of a hopeless romantic. You hate the world for all its fairy tales and glossed up movies. You hate the stars you once gazed at, the beaches you walked barefoot on, and even the god... because why the hell not? The world without love is a soulless place, each sense, each smell, triggering memories you wish to forget who are out to suck your sou...
Hmmm.... Life SUCKS 2020 - THE BIGGEST CHANGEOVER..... Shit happens. People change. Priorities change. Way of living change. Corona has changed things. It has indeed upset the established order and now everything is chaos. The billionaires have actually made more in the pandemic. Meanwhile, the tears have dried on the cheeks of that farmer who can't sell his crops anymore and can't afford basic treatment for his family. It is indeed the age of waking up to reality. Liquor is dearer than water in these times and votes matter more than the lives of the voters. This too shall pass. But don't let the learning from these times fade away. The most important thing which I learned during this period is that , "Our life is UNPREDICTABLE". There are days when I don’t want to wake up. Don’t want to open my eyes to the empty chairs and the silent air. Don’t want to lose the dream woven by the myriad memories that never were. Don’t want to feel the heaviness again, the restle...