at times, i am amazed by the speed with which life passes by without you even catching a hint of its passing. The death of a relative, india's victory in a match, the dreaded exam results, one of the quickest - holidays ! no one can explain how the night before the exam just ambles by, clinging to your shadow, while the summer vacation just zooms past you.
when i look back at some moments, moments which i would not say i took for granted, but which i just lived by, quite unaware of how quickly they would leave me, i wonder if i could bring them back. Would i want them back, given another chance? At the first instance, i would jump at such a choice, but them, i may after all want to move on, may want to know wats coming across the bend in the road, and not go back the same way i came. As the same moments, a second time, may pass even more quickly.
What I would want to carry with me, are those memories, good or bad, the anxiety at its peak just before my eyes find my roll no. in the exam results, the relief that there is someone to open the door for you at home, so you could rest your worn out feet on the table while hot coffee is being served.
Now i come back to an empty house, actually home, :)... i look at the gas stove, the one that was being stretched to its max limit possible due to all the rigorous cookin the last two months, i look back at the time when I went to the airport, to pick up...
and then, i look at my empty coffee cup at the window sill, realise, i am going to have to wash it..
life moves on.. doesnt it?