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MOMENTS OF REVERIE

Yesterday morning I walked to the bank to do some routine business. On the way, I found myself in monotonous hullabaloo of the traffic engulfing me. A shiver swept through my body in spite of warm weather. There were faces, flat expressionless, empty eyes, without emotions, or if there were any expression, it was “meanness”. They were all moving very fast, avoiding looking at each other.

When I reached the bank, the attending officer asked me to sit and wait. The mechanism of the atmosphere frightened me, all the work was going on mechanically, for some moments I felt myself pervaded by machines.The magic was broken at the voice of the officer who was calling my name.

I got finished with the work. It made me feel stressed, so I came back. I was not feeling relaxed. I thought I would have been relieved this morning. In the afternoon, I spent all the time reading or trying to read – something was missing! I found one book which had the grip to keep the reader stuck with it. I don’t know when I put the book away, and drowned in deep ponder or may be in slumber. In this silent reverie, a face furled out slightly before my eyes. A sweet smiling face, full of love and tenderness, seeping some memories from my veins, let me feel very happy, I swept into my bed and closed my eyes contented.