Just About Anything

We are funny people. We want to belong to communities, make friends, and yet stay away and keep a safety margin. We want to talk about ourselves, and yet don't want to talk a whole lot about ourselves lest we disclose too much information. Its strange how we all want to reach out and be reached out for, and yet hide at unreachable places, far and beyond anybody's reach. Sometimes I do feel lost. In this world of fast moving cars, fast changing beliefs and faster changing people, I feel lost. The world is becoming smaller they say. It may shrink down to the size of a pea, but we will all still be alone. I love water, I am water, when I stagnate I reflect, when I let go I flow away. I love sand, I am everything you want me to be. A ship, a castle, a message for a lover. And yet when forced I crumble into sand again. I get washed by the sea, I traverse oceans and distances looking for another story in my head.

Visa Stamping Done, the dream to come to America was finally turning a reality, I met everyone, felicitations done, bags packed, This was more than what you do during someone's marriage, Just before stepping out of the house, I remembered, I had to talk more with my Loved ones, Dreams were waiting outside, but the world that cares for you was staying back home, To achieve my dream I will need to leave all this ? When will I get to play in the verandah outside my house ? The weight of my tears have become more heavier than the weight of my dreams, Felt a 1000 times that I don't want to go to America, All my friends were there at the airport, Never before I had "photos" in my pants, Laughing talking with everyone it was fun, But in all the glitz of the airport I was still alone, Then it was time to turn back and go, There was a small tear in my father's eye, It told a lot, You are going across seven seas, you are going to land of p...