Dusk to Dawn

Sunrise

Morning Fog

Awesome Plantations

            

The fruits I told about

The dragon like log

The way I walked

It was a dusky day and I laid down my legs into the pool that I was sitting beside, enjoying the lovely warmth of the water; but suddenly felt so desperate and jumped into the water and started swimming. Was wondering at the way I was swimming. I’d rather put it as “I was wading backwards!!!”. It felt as if somebody was pulling my hand from behind. I was in fact, gasping as I dipped myself inside the pool often as the pool seemed to deepen at some places.  Fighting against water I just opened my eyes.

I see dad calling me from behind “Come on get up Vandu!! Come; let’s go for a morning walk”. Feeling a sudden relief from the suffocation that my dream had created; I told myself, “Let me do something useful today at least. Yes!! Come on…. Wake up…Bhashya!!!”.I woke up at last after some more time as dad’s voice was lulling in my ear.

I freshened up and was quite excited to wear the new jacket that my sis gifted me recently. My cousin, Geethu accompanied me along with Dad. As I started, I walked briskly and budged bragging about the way I walked. My sister started laughing as she knew I was kidding. But dad grunted “You are supposed to start your morning walk slowly and then pace up Vandu”. Geethu started giggling. I grinned at her :-/ . As we moved on, the way seemed so muted but very pleasant. There was a smooth transition from the dark blue sky to a brighter of its shade. We crossed several known houses all along. 

The next moment, I remembered something and pulled out my cell phone off my pockets. I played some instrumental music which I often listened to. But listening to it now brought in a new energy in me. The music was perfectly in sync with whatever I saw!! The way the birds flew, the way the trees quivered, the way the electric wires swung, our feet movements, the way the little paddy plants hustled each other, every possible thing!!! :-).Dad loved the music too. He said “Wow! Whatta tune!!:)”.I felt happy. As I watched across, I saw that the morning fog was yet to uncover the paddy fields it hugged and slept along all night. Amidst all blue-green hues, a huge orange ball popped up slowly behind the coconut trees that were still in my observation window. It was the sun; brilliant, bright and big. It was beautiful to see all kinds of green shades underneath the husky orange color that the morning sun spread over the eastern sky. Appreciating the divine beauty, I rolled over my eyes and looked at the scaly pattern the clouds had spread across. It felt like a fisherman threw a huge net to catch the sun!!;-)

As we walked, Dad said “Hey! Look at that tree.” A very familiar tree stood besides us bearing lot of reddish small fruits. It was the same kind of tree which I played and sat below in my school days. We used to pluck all possible fruits we could reach for. We ate up the fruits to the extent that I never even new that they turn this red when they ripen! For now we could see so many ripened fruits fallen down on the wet grassy ground. I couldn’t control my excitement and started picking up all possible fruits it blessed us with. We washed them up near the tap that was fixed up in front of a near by temple. I savored the first fruit .As I sucked in the pulp, all my school memories struck up my mind at once!! The childish fights with my friends for the same fruits that were lying plenty right in front of me now.I put a handful into my pockets and started hopping and walking this time. I was now realizing that all the thudding of our footsteps was now fading away in the chaos the vehicles produced. I was a bit annoyed with the unnecessary honking which disturbed the natural tune that jingled in my ears.

For now, I could not believe that I had seen these many things just in less than an hour!! But something reminded me that it was time to return. It was my leg that started aching badly. Coincidentally Dad too turned about. I could clearly make out the transition from serene pleasant atmosphere to an abhorrent one. Several thoughts crossed my mind. “Can’t we have a life without vehicles?” “Why do we have to meddle with nature?” “How would it be if it drizzled now!!?”Geethu’s voice suddenly brought me back to the world. “What’s the time now Akka?” she snapped. I looked into my cell phone.”Its just 6 10 am!” I exclaimed.We turned back and started walking. But this time nothing was that delighting. I saw rose plantation that we missed out;I saw a dragon faced log too Then we went back home staring at the blunt road with vehicles :(.