Friday, July 15, 2005

We're taking off in 5...4...3...2....

Another hectic week seems to have concluded. A mystery man seems to have fallen out of the space of time and returned to the dying episodes of the show to bring life into it. However, this time round, the show must come to an end. The audience is getting bored by the repeated dramas. An interesting night awaited all who were present. A smell of jealousy filled the air while the mysterious tunes play in the background. A little while later, the tune changes and the air is filled with undercurrents. No one can be sure what is going on. But then again, no one knows any better. It is a funny scene. Woman and man are bickering. Woman is confident, man is arrogant. The stakes are high. It looks like a game that i would not mind playing in. However, a game that has no fixed conclusion is seldom a game that is interesting to start with. Where and when is the start or end point in the game. How would i know? I am merely there as an observer. But it is with glee that i watched the proceedings and am throughly amused by the man and woman. Are they really oblivious to the stares, the smirks and the grins that people around them are showing? Or are they merely so settled in their own world that they cannot tell. Or do they simply not care.
The wonderful night concluded when that interesting group left. A variety of people in the group. A vast of age gaps. As i looked at the group, i realised how life with its interesting twists and turns and how fate plays on everyone of us. 5 people, with no connection whatsoever, could have spent the night out together. As i look around at the vast sea of faces that surround me, i wonder how many faces share a similar tale? How with a simple twist of fate, 5 people you meet will end up being friends and in some cases, more then friends. Was that what the book was writing about in the 5 people you meet in heaven? Interesting.
An engine starts and the car is getting warmed up. The lovely sounds are back once again and a spirit that can only grow stronger begins to show in the car. It is amazing now. The confidence, the arrogance, but yet this time, a slight feeling of fear that cannot be brushed away. I look back and wonder, just what is this all about. And i realized. That in my own way, i have evolved.

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