FEAR

Photo Credit: Punith Gowda

It was a dark night.

A night so dark I could see the stars sparkle like diamonds.

And I was lying down under this magnificent spread.

But, something made me feel uneasy.

As I looked into the sea of stars my head drifted elsewhere.

I wondered what tomorrow was going to be like.

I thought about whether I would be able to look at the same starry sky again in the future.

I kept asking myself that question, but somehow no matter how much I thought about it, I just did not get a definite answer.

And that scared me.

Curiosity cooked inside me,
And suddenly I did not want to see  tomorrow

But again, my head worked wonders and like magic I saw myself in tomorrow

I saw myself in the future.

Yet, I was still unclear about where I was headed.

My heart pounded and my breath got heavier

I felt as though I was choking

The fear of tomorrow had taken over me. 

My head spun and I was not paying attention to the dark sky anymore. 

The future was what I was thinking about.

I lay on my back that whole night and through the sunrise.

My body had given up and I slept through that sparkling night.

The sun shone on my face the next day and I woke to a clear sky. 

I woke up to the day I was waiting for just, to know what it was going to be like. 

I did not know if I was happy or sad.

And so without questioning myself too much I dusted off my back and walked inside to start off my day.

Little did I know at that point of time  that, while I was worrying about my tomorrow I had missed the most beautiful night.

Gone was that night.

Gone was that moment.

Photo Credit : Punith Gowda