BLURRED VISION

Its half past midnight , and there he is browsing through old photographs reminiscing  in the glory of the has beens . One photograph stood out , it was with her . Yes , Rachael the one who stole his heart , he stares at that photograph for a while then searches for something in the bookshelf. He shuffles around a couple of books and slides his hand behind them , and takes out a pack , its a pack of cigarettes . He was a slave of the forbidden habit , long before Rachael came along . He lit up a cigg and called up Elena , his constant , his best friend , Elena doesn't pick up , he thinks she might have slept hence he didn't call again and threw his phone across the bed in a fit of disappointment .He resumes surfing through the photographs , after a while the phone buzzes , he was on his fourth cigg by now , he lazily reaches his phone and sees Elena's name . He puts off the cigg and pick up her call , starts storming her with questions of her whereabouts , Elena calmly ex...

Walking down the street , i realize it was raining , it had been raining for a while now  because my clothes were drenched , and yet i felt nothing , i didn't feel the wetness of the clothes sticking to my body ,  i didn't feel the harshness of the rain ,  i didn't feel the emptiness of the street , after all this time ,  i was finally completely numb .

It was just another night , she was lying awake going through everything , reliving it all again . What if she would have said yes ? What if she would have continued her relationship ? so many unanswered what ifs . More than anything or anyone she was thinking about that one person , the one person with whom she felt that spark , the one person who the universe conspired to meet . She gets glimpses of their shared memories , she remembers staring into each other’s eyes , enjoying the silence , fighting worse than cats and dogs , all of these were just appearing in her mind like a cinematic flashback . She remembers waking hand in hand not caring about careers or future or anything and above all she remembers how his face lit up when she arrived smiling , all the sorrows used to get masked by that welcoming smile . Slowly . the flashback went to some bitter parts , he was honest and she was not honest , she was scared of the oblivion which lied ahead , having lost the people that matt...