I leave my office
Ditch the elevator
And jump down the stairs.
I plan to go home
Early, yet again
And then I don’t go home.
I drive through the streets,
The long lost,
The long, waiting streets.
Accidentally, unintentionally
I lead myself to ‘the’ place,
The secluded one.
The isolated street
Stares at me
Gawking unblinkingly at me.
The tress on both sides
Look down upon me
And yet I keep driving.
I see a spot,
Finally, and park my vehicle.
And then I run!
I run as fast as I can
I run leaving behind every thought,
I run till I realize people are staring.
I keep running
Below the trees,
Beside the buzzing crowd.
I run till my legs ache
I run till my heart races
And my breath unsteadies.
I slow down
Find a bench
And sit down.
I realize it is more crowded than usual
I find people buzzing about more than usual,
I see some movie being shot.
I care in the least
And get lost
Sitting and breathing.
I don’t know what to do
With myself,
With this helplessness,
With this hopelessness.
And so I sit,
I crouch down
I close my eyes.
And then it rains.
It rains like it hasn’t all this year,
It rains as it rains after a drought,
It rains with thunder and lightening
With the road being muddy,
And the sky, a little, brightening.
It rains for quite a while,
And I sit there, all lost.
People keep staring
And I keep ignoring.
It keeps raining
And I keep breathing; drenching.
When all’s empty
I gather myself up,
Walk down to my vehicle,
And drive back home,
Only to realize, it never rained.
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Hi guys, hope all’s okay with you. I went on an unexpected, unintentional and an unwanted break, or should I call it an unexpected, unwanted, not so needed emergency. But here I am, sane and in one piece, back to my home!!
Eager as always to hear from you all.
Moushmi Radhanpara 
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