Headphones plugged in listening to Maroon 5, Bruno Mars and David Guetta... My feet plopped up on the backseat of my car.... Completely disinterested in the beauty of nature around me.
I had seen it way too many times over the past two years. Shuffling between two cities....between two houses...kinda irritated me.
With my tresses loose upon my shoulders..carelessly blowing across my face with the gentle breeze from the air conditioner and the silent humming of the engine as we raced at 120kms/hr past miles and miles of lush green meadows...crops gently swaying from the breeze.
Busy texting my boyfriend nothing else mattered at that time.
The sky turned orange, the sun set...the sky was painted grey and soon it became dark.
My thoughts shifted back to that annoying question I had so long held back.... Why did we have to move so frequently 260 kms approximately !!?? Isn't a home afterall a place where the entire family is together... Well we are together then why?
What I was missing here was the bigger picture. 23 kms from home...windows rolled down... I stuck my head out of the window felt the cool breeze brush against my face... The smell of fresh earth... The smell of the forest... The crickets singing and a strange sense of belongingness crept over me.
A house becomes a home when the entire family is together then why this feeling of belonging crept in it should have been there all along ??
I entered home..I saw the joy that my birds and dogs felt... I saw suman didis face light up I saw the sparkle in her eyes and then I realised memories play a very big role.... And memories are what keeps one alive... Memories were what made a difference... Memories are all I have... Cause people change, places change, situations change but the only thing that does not change is the memories !! 260 kms from here is my home... A storehouse of memories.... The walls have literally seen me grow up... My journey from a li'l kid to a young woman are etched in those walls !!
Its seen me at my worst and at my best... Its seen me fall in love and fall out of it... Its seen me dance to my hearts content... It has heard me sing no matter how off tune it is !! It has seen me cry into my pillow when I hurt so bad... Seen me laugh and giggle... Seen me go red in embarrasment and that annoying question no longer made me mad... I had the answer... And as I lay in bed that night half asleep I drifted back into my memory lane and my thoughts became sleep induced...till I could see myself as a 12 yr old again and before I knew it my whole life flashed before me and I awoke with the feeling of contentment and my thoughts were satiated !!
I had seen it way too many times over the past two years. Shuffling between two cities....between two houses...kinda irritated me.
With my tresses loose upon my shoulders..carelessly blowing across my face with the gentle breeze from the air conditioner and the silent humming of the engine as we raced at 120kms/hr past miles and miles of lush green meadows...crops gently swaying from the breeze.
Busy texting my boyfriend nothing else mattered at that time.
The sky turned orange, the sun set...the sky was painted grey and soon it became dark.
My thoughts shifted back to that annoying question I had so long held back.... Why did we have to move so frequently 260 kms approximately !!?? Isn't a home afterall a place where the entire family is together... Well we are together then why?
What I was missing here was the bigger picture. 23 kms from home...windows rolled down... I stuck my head out of the window felt the cool breeze brush against my face... The smell of fresh earth... The smell of the forest... The crickets singing and a strange sense of belongingness crept over me.
A house becomes a home when the entire family is together then why this feeling of belonging crept in it should have been there all along ??
I entered home..I saw the joy that my birds and dogs felt... I saw suman didis face light up I saw the sparkle in her eyes and then I realised memories play a very big role.... And memories are what keeps one alive... Memories were what made a difference... Memories are all I have... Cause people change, places change, situations change but the only thing that does not change is the memories !! 260 kms from here is my home... A storehouse of memories.... The walls have literally seen me grow up... My journey from a li'l kid to a young woman are etched in those walls !!
Its seen me at my worst and at my best... Its seen me fall in love and fall out of it... Its seen me dance to my hearts content... It has heard me sing no matter how off tune it is !! It has seen me cry into my pillow when I hurt so bad... Seen me laugh and giggle... Seen me go red in embarrasment and that annoying question no longer made me mad... I had the answer... And as I lay in bed that night half asleep I drifted back into my memory lane and my thoughts became sleep induced...till I could see myself as a 12 yr old again and before I knew it my whole life flashed before me and I awoke with the feeling of contentment and my thoughts were satiated !!
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