Just one more day

Most of us have been hankering and stalling the obvious longing some time or the other. This ambivalence is the outcome of grass being green on both sides of the fence. The juxtaposition of feelings carries the ironic mocking on destiny.

I had gone through the same feeling when that coveted call for travelling to States dropped on my cell. There was a sudden onset of excitement followed by the melancholy of leaving Pune.

I had managed to get two weeks time but unfortunately had to rush to Gurgaon for some urgent office work. The hopes for spending maximum time with all friends and loved ones shattered but few ounces of it was still alive as I had a week.

Unfavorable circumstances leads to defence mechanisms like suppression and I too surenderd to its powers, sweet memories and sour reverberating through the walls of my temple and I couldn’t read past a single page of Short stories by Saki through out the journey to and from Gurgaon. Flashes of more than three beautiful years were converging to a vantage point.

A strong force pulled me to remain in my comfort zone, I was almost willing to give up the one thing I desired for long but circumstances make a man and I gathered all my strength to start the processes. Never before I had felt time being pulled out of my hands like this. I was desperate for an hour, minute or a second.

Long sleepless musical nights became the most beautiful part of my last week at Pune. Romanticism was the food for me and I was just HOPEFUL.

Luckily a delay in medical report gave me a weekend and I got chance to say goodbyes to near and dear ones. I didn’t feel like going to office on Monday and stalled the travel request to buy another day but fortunately/unfortunately had to travel that night.

I had already decided to make an everlasting impact on the client and ask for holidays to be back with my family and friends, holding onto this feeling I was ready to fly to a new world.

Finally the cab was at my door step and I was praying if God could grant me JUST ONE MORE DAY