Storizen Magazine August 2018 Issue | Chiranjiv Patel VI | Page 63

STORIZEN INDULGE
AUTHOR'S
JOURNEY
as you inch towards
the toll, ready to
punch the second
ticket, Marriage.
Exit 2 is well past.
In your car, now sitting
with your partner, ‘just
married’ sign flaunting
your new acquired
status, you are not
allowed to look either
to your right or left;
just straight ahead.
Your favorite CD has
been replaced by
some saccharine
sweet, diabetes
inducing love song.
The car compartment
looks sterile, like a
AUGUST 2018
hospital ward and the
nauseating car
freshener fragrance
is driving you insane.
You steal a glance
towards the
passenger seat and
you know that till you
kill yourself, the
passenger would
never change. Keeping your fingers
crossed, cursing the
wretched life, you
drive. The air inside
the car cabin is heavy.
The last argument with
your co-passenger
was a Nano second
ago and the last to last
one, separated by
another Nano second.
Damn, this life, you
curse and look
around.
‘Dude, there are no U
turns;’ your mind
gently taps you. Silence prevails, so
does stillness.
The car is stalled due
to heavy traffic.
Or is the lack of
motion just a play of
your mind?
Addicted to hope,
you pray for another
exit.
Someone knocks at
your window.
STORIZEN MAGAZINE
|
63