TOGETHERNESS

Last night I sat in my balcony for a very long time.
It was a beautiful evening, and intense pictures of darkness embracing light (lightening) in the most romantic way, in the tightest possible hug.
The sky was dark, a gloomy brooding mixture of black & grey, then bright silver streaks, the fiery gold flashes & the zigzag of all possible colours amidst the black and the grey.
I sat there, mesmerized, wondering about the ways of “Someone Up There” & nature, and breathed deeply, taking in the freshness & with it all whiffs of fragrance the air.
It was just me, the heavy curtain of water spread down to the parched & thirsty earth, the wonderful quietness, the swimming pool down below, colourful & flooded with lights. There was this beautiful feeling of me being in oneness with the surrounding.
It was so quiet there. Only the soothing sounds of the music, the pitter patter of the rain drops, the croaks of a frog nearby in unison with the music of water, & the oh so lovely sounds of nature around me.
This space as if of the entire universe universe; the musical, empowering silence& the pure tranquillity.
I just sat there and soaked it all up, and felt that wonderful youthful freshness.
Mamta,my cook called me before leaving, but I still didn’t stir. Didn’t even make an effort of listening to what she was saying.
I sat there instead, and drenched myself in the entire feeling as I watched the world go to sleep.
Darkness crept in step by step; a few nocturnal birds & bats started circling the open areas of the campus.
I stood up, to leave, but somehow could not just yet.
The scene was magic. I wanted to encapture the entire moment as if there was no tomorrow. The swimming pool was there last night, is there every night. But how beautiful it can be when left alone in unison with nature, I found that again.
Before I stepped inside my room, my gaze, my soul & spirit wandered across the almost dark surrounding once more. Again trying to relive the time spent together with everything and my solitude in that one moment.
“Thank you & goodnight dears” my heart said to all & everything that was with me. Thank God for making me realise that even in the so called loneliness, one has so much and so many to share with.

I am back in my big, chaotic office today.
Missing my experience of yesterday night, but still happy, cheerful & refreshed in an expectation to experience the same again , or else finding pleasure in reliving the moments again when I see a dark gloomy sky, see the colours of the night gone, hear the raindrops & the croaking frogs or see my dear pool every evening......