Thursday, April 06, 2006

Dream

I jumped off, just like that, from top of the world, into the meaningless milieu. I thought it will start off like my first sentence to a girl does; nervous, hesitant, fitful. But it was different, I took to the fall with utmost poise. Everything happened in a fleeting second and lasted an eternity, was so subtle that I had to tell myself I went through it.

The fall wasn't unpleasant either. It was blissful. I saw it, yea I did, the vastness of space clipped by the finiteness of perception, from the top. I looked down for a second. Smiled at the futility of everything. The smallness of it. But then realized that precious little time was being lost. I stopped looking and started assimilating.

Surprisingly, it never looked as if I will not be able to make it. It came naturally to me, from me. I did think of having wings for a second, to prolong the feel, but it felt like swimming with a life jacket, I felt chained within the comfort of safety. I threw the thought away. Unrestrained unabated fall had seduced the whole of me into its lure.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I did think of having wings for a second, to prolong the feel, but it felt like swimming with a life jacket, I felt chained within the comfort of safety. It threw the thought away.

Lovely!!
The whole article was pretty good.
But then it wasn't a "real dream", right? I doubt that in a dream your fall into a bottomless abyss could be blissful.

Anonymous said...

"I looked down for a second. Smiled at the futility of everything."

Good that you did this, otherwise your fall would have lost its essence..:)

Anyway I must mention :)... article is really good and beautifully wriiten.

Anonymous said...

"I looked down for a second. Smiled at the futility of everything. The smallness of it."

Good that you did this...otherwise your fall would have lost its essence :)

Anyway I must mention..the article is really beautiful.

Anonymous said...

as usual written down very well...got nothing else to say other than that..the article makes me think of ur state of mind...trying to analyse ur dream...as i believe dreams usually reflect ur thought process over the day and time.

Anonymous said...

anu
Tenku and yes, its not a dream, but it could very well have been :)

anonymous
Yes, looking down was essential atleast to realize where I was.

anonymous
Do tell me if you get any ideas about my state of mind. Frankly speaking, I dont know why I wrote this. It came out just like that.

Anonymous said...

Am afraid of heights..:-P

Anonymous said...

Manish
You can always adjust the value of gravity (g) in a dream :P