Wednesday, August 28, 2013

FRAGILITY – THE NEW STRONG


She woke up with a start. The sonorous sound waves of the thunder were still resonating in her ears. Right from her child hood, she always felt an unsettling queasy feeling in her stomach whenever nature blew its loud trumpet. Getting up slowly from her bed, she made her way unsteadily towards the water cooler in her lacy pink night gown. The usual barking of the dogs in the neighbourhood was completely supplanted by the continuous rhythmic beat of the rain. It was raining cats and dogs with the only exception that there were no dogs in the nearby vicinity. As soon as she gracefully removed the tumbler from the left holder on the water cooler, nature wanted to have its own moment of fun with her. Instant flashes were clicked from the sky as if she were a huge celebrity, waiting to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. Through the window atop the cooler, she could see that her entire street was flooded with water when the lightning struck. Sipping the chilled hydrogen  oxide, the delicately carved mirror hung on her right reflected a 5 feet 4 inch tall, fairly fair, straightened hair damsel. Riya was cognizance of the fact that she was beautiful in her own respect yet the most striking aspect which she found in herself was her expressive eyes. She knew that her eyes could speak volumes where even a single word would be sufficed. Inhaling deeply, Riya’s lungs were completely inebriated with the fresh perfume of Mother Earth emanated from the leaves, trees, land and her. She was being taken into a drunken state of unconsciousness by the creator of the universe when another clap of thunder disrupted this blessed blissful state of calm serenity into a chaotic mess of destructive confusion. 

She remembered the adage “A single blink during the ‘Inception’ movie can make you to lose the plot utterly”. Likewise, her train of thought led her into the situation where she happily went to her boyfriend, Kunal’s residence when she witnessed that tragic moment. Even though a month had dragged slowly yet swiftly since the event, the scene still remained frozen in her mind like a giant lump of majestic ice berg. Every time, Kunal used to pick her up from her PG. On that particular day, Riya wanted to give him a big surprise by seeing him in his residence. Kunal had told her that his doors would always be open. True to his word, she merely pushed the door and it was unlocked. Seeing his impeccable consistency and honesty, Riya smiled to herself that she had found herself the true soul mate of her life. Just like the Titanic went into a nosedive into the endless abyss of the ocean, her heart plummeted from a cheerful disposition into a despair position. Kunal was passionately cleaning her best friend, Sonal’s cheery red lips with his baby pink lips – thoroughly and competently on his leather couch. They were so immersed in the process that they took no heed of Riya’s arrival. Riya was livid with anger. Her heavy breathing created more sound than the outside traffic. Disturbed by the sudden change in velocity of energy in the room, Kunal looked straight into the fiery jet black eyes of Riya. Her eyes conveyed the monstrosity of the intense wrath which she felt for them at that moment. For a fleeting second, Sonal and Kunal cowered and cringed at the sight of this tigress. Without saying another word, Riya sobbingly exited to her den. No amounts of phone calls from either of them could appease her. She felt betrayed that her best friend who knew that Riya was in a relationship with Kunal could actually end up with her boy friend. Her heart was broken beyond repair. 

Being a NCC cadet at school and college, she knew that the first and foremost priceless thing that a person should have in an uneventful event of adversity is not to lose their confidence and belief in them, however trying the situation may be. Overcoming the turbulent turmoil in her heart, Riya started to collect her life bit by bit. She was not bothered even when she heard the news that Sonal and Kunal were going marry in 20 days time. Riya dug her heels firmly into her work – Painting. She put her heart, soul, mind and body into creating master pieces. As the day to Kunal’s marriage was around the corner, she heard from her trusted source that the marriage was called off. Kunal caught Sonal red-handed when she was kissing his best friend, Sahil. Why she kissed him, what made Sonal to do it - Riya did not care. Justice and equality was there in this world and so was God. Kunal wanted Riya in his life once again. He made desperate attempts to reach her. She found herself saying a strong”No” to him. Riya was astonished at this revelation. She had considered herself to be a mediocre, weak person. But, here, in this scenario, her mind wanted her to be with Kunal despite his treacherous betrayal whereas her heart wanted otherwise. For once, Riya listened to her inner voice. She became aware that her brittle heart was now capable of facing any challenge in this world. 

The rain had stopped. It was already 5 am in the morning. Riya slowly climbed back into her bed, fully conscious of the fact that she couldn’t catch another wink at that hour of day. She realized that everything in this world happens for a reason and it is up to the individual to find and decode the reason or to not to. As the first rays of the sun slanted inside her museum of a bedroom, her mind became very light. Her heart was dancing with the sun’s rays to the beats of the fluidic singing of the birds. Riya comprehended that this entire episode was a blessing in disguise to discover the latent potential power that was within her for so long. Hope and optimism pervaded completely in each and every blood cell in her body. She was ready. 

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