21 Blues

Dear world,

21 years ago, I crawled into your arms, a mess of blood, skin and life. My tiny imagination was awestruck by your splendor, your shapes, your sounds, your colors, your movements, your smells. I probably didn’t imagine it then, but it must have felt like home.

My early memories are lost somewhere between jumbled lego structures and frowzy plasticine moulds. I grew up marvelling at the seasons, the sun, the stars and the flowers, even things that man had created, like photographs, the television and the phone.ย Then I got used to them.ย 

Adolescence was a rocky phase and my sole aim was to emerge unscathed. In retrospect, I grew up too soon, taking things for granted, missing my chances to ask my questions. The world gradually changed from colors and sounds, to people and nature and science, to dishonesty and selfishness and inequality.ย 

World, now I stand before you, 21 trivial years in me, and pray that I may become a child again. I want to be enamored by your majesty again. I want to search for answers to creation. I want to live in the present. ย I want to dream big.ย I want to believe in you again.ย 

Yours earthly,

Almost 21.


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6 Comments

  1. only 21?
    uff.. i dont feel so good now.;p

  2. @ poorna: Haha. I kind of feel better ๐Ÿ˜‰

    @ amit: Thanks, not yet though! Almost there.

  3. How i wish I could go back to my childhood! When is your birthday!?

  4. Happy Birthday!
    May you have many many more! ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. @Varun: Don’t we all ๐Ÿ™‚ It was on the 16th. Aquarian me ๐Ÿ˜€

    @Aadil: Thanks Aadil ๐Ÿ˜€

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