Sunday Feature By Kunal Roy

AN EVENING

After the hectic day’s schedule I returned home. Unlocked the doors. Switched on the fan and light. Arranged my articles. Refreshed myself. Sat in front of the television for infotainment. Later I had completed some of my essential tasks before going for the divine resplendence!
I had a talk with one of my close mates on his father’s health issues. He is fine now. A ripened age of eighty five. However, I was informed that the doctor is suspecting of something more detrimental. May be the deadly disease. The Emperor of all maladies. The invincible. Cancer. The life snuffing out ailment. Time will speak up the truth! Little later something mysterious took place. Something that acted as a soothing salvo to the tired sinews. Something we awaited for a pretty long time. The sky darkened, all of a sudden. The cold winds blew among the boughs with enough celerity and potency. A sense of relief. A sense of comfort crept into. Tiny drops of rain fell through the cracks and fissures of the ambient air. Accompanied by the occasional preens of lightning. The flames flickered. The leaves obeyed a circular pattern of movement. The trees fluttered and danced in the winds. Nature put on a new look. Little did the poor mortals know it was simply an illusion. It dazzled the eyes. The truth was forsaken. The reason was obvious. The sky cleared. The stars shone. The winds broke its journey. The temperature soared. The perspiration made a beeline on the forehead. The wave of heat returned with an amazing aplomb. It seemed nature completed its cycle like life. Something we never expected to happen!
Our existence lacks in assurance. We look for nectar and end up drinking a chalice of hemlock. We look for the destination and end up witnessing a volcanic eruption. We look for trust and end up being bitten by the bug of treachery. We desire love and malice envenoms the soul. An endless cycle of twists and turns. Still we have to go on. There is no choice, after all. It is not an easy proposition to move head, leaving behind the harrowing memories of past. After all your past enriches you to smoothen your future!!