Reels of Rhyme
Friday, February 24, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Date with the Dawn
My morning starts at 9'0 clock. I have made it a routine. So as usual, yesterday, I got up from the bed and went straight to pick up the toothbrush and glanced at the clock. This is also a skill I've acquired over the years because I know what I would see. So I turned my head to the clock and as usual started moving towards the toilet. But then I said wait, something must be wrong. The stupid clock was laughing at me at 6'0 clock.
I was stunned. And angry and ecstatic. Immediately the thought came to my mind was run for my sleep and dive into my bed. This eternal run-or- not to run dilemma dangled dangerously for a while. Then like a white bearded holy saint another thought flashed into my mind- I could run for my life, oops! Could run into the life that was dawning outside. I patted my back on this noble thought and discovered the reason why I was standing like a zombie in that odd-hour. There were some well sculptured lumps on my back and on my face too which were created magnificently by some tiny vampire like bloodthirsty artistes. Mosquitoes.
I pulled up the socks, put on the sneakers and tracksuit and ready for the sole and short trip. Oh! I took my SONY Cybershot 4.1 MP with me too. There is a small reserved forest known as KBR National park which is a half-an-hour journey from my home. According to the authority, One of the largest parks within the city KBR National Park is a Southern tropical deciduous forest and the last vestigial representative of the endemic flora of Hyderabad region, with over 100 species of birds, 20 species of reptiles and 15 species of butterflies.
It was pretty crowded inside the park. The same old and tired city walking and running around me there. The morning was demystifying before me. I started to walk deep inside the jungle and came to a point beyond which it is a prohibited territory. I decided to break the law. And I was rewarded by the nature to break the law of human's. The morning was very lazy and completely relaxed over there. Playing with the leaves and flowers of the plants. Strolling alongside the peacocks. Singing with the cuckoos. It accepted me too as a temporary member. By accepting me in her family may be she wanted me to realise, man is more complete in the nature where he has his origin, not the society he has created to live in.
I've tried to capture the mood of the morning in my camera. Iwill be posting some of the snaps in my next entry.