Thursday, March 7, 2019

Secrets Exchanged In Paradise

Secrets Exchanged In Paradise
There was very little to talk of at that moment. There were several secrets waiting to be discovered, while many more were on the brink of an exit from our beings. Balloons were full of air to their very limits; a pin-prick was going to be enough to let out all air captured within. We had held tightly to all seams of the balloons till now, but they were on their points of rupture now. None of us had any words to pronounce all that boiled within ourselves in oral words, there weren’t any possible.

 Both of us were new to each other, there was a lot to be discovered, a lot of secrets were to be unearthed, but the most important secrets were to be unearthed and unfurled first and foremost. There was a lifetime to make all other discoveries in. I did wonder what all the rush was about for both of us were in a mad rush as if the end of a race was in sight, and it was the last dash that was to decide the winner. It was as if the world is going to end the next moment, there were few puffs of breath left to be inhaled. We were doing our best to inhale as much as we possibly could.

Both of us were running a race, we were running hard, and both of us were to touch the finishing-line together. En route, there were hundreds of deep and dark wells to be dived into, and there were several more secrets that lay within waiting to be discovered. It hardly mattered who the first explorer was, only the discoveries made at that point counted.

I wonder if we had the courage to dive into all these wells before us. Our adventures within all them going to be filled with fun and excitement, but who was to take a deep breath and dive into these wells. None of us knew how to swim, neither in shallow, nor in deep waters, but it wasn’t a very tough nut to crack.

Water in the well was quite cold, but we dived in all the same. Both of us were splashing around in the water in a short while before we became accustomed to the low temperature. It was certainly lower than what we had found ourselves in ever before. It was quite comfortable, and, somehow, I felt sure it was going to get better with time.  A thermostat created by our mutual compatibility was going to work miracles.

Both of us were going to miss the initial contact for a long time, I know. The first time is always special, as it is said. It was made all the more special for me because I had been walking through an arid and dry desert for a long time. It was a wonderful change for me. The contrast was a big reward for all that I had endured for such a long time.

The catharsis I experienced after a prolonged walk through  a dessert was really wonderful. For a while, I was prepared to go through the desert all over again if only to experience some more similar moments of bliss and happiness again. If this is what the reward of an encounter with a dull and dry desert is, I should love to go through the desert over and over again.

For a while, I began to doubt if my contemporary walk through what I call heaven is really going to fetch a greater reward than this. I don’t think so.



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