
Silence.Not a sound for miles.Not even an echo.Only the faint,rhythmic calls of the uncountable, hidden insects and birds scattered somewhere,among the pine forest.It was around 6 P.M.,but the sky was particularly dark.Well not dark as in midnight dark,but a faint,purple haze,the effect highlighted by the dense approaching mist.
The location is a dense forest called 'lolay',158 KM from the southernmost border of china,the nearest town,a massive 126 KM away(Gangtok).Lulled by the welcomming chirps of the inforestine birds returning to their nests,I had decided to slip out for a walk along a narrow,broken,half-tarred road through a dense network of pine and other evergreen trees.Although the natural sounds,which were getting louder by the minute,were very symphonyc and soothing,I decided to put on my earphones and play some soft,thought-invoking, music.Not a soul in sight.The mist was too much to see beyond a few feet around and , the cold wa biting.(it must have been a bit over 5 degrees).I spotted a low rock, under a huge,huge, pine and decided to sit down for a while.After the customary checks for leaches,which this place was famous for,I sat down.Although beautiful,the setting was immensely depressing.For some time,I was lost in my thoughts...........everything else had stopped registering.'Hope Leaves' by Opeth added to the complacency.Many thoughts crossed my mind.......mostly questions,without answers.Many,questioned my faith and some, shook all that I stood for,and believed in.
'Why do people,have to meet,love, and then hurt?'; 'Why does GOD not forsee the future,and procreate a happy ending for us all,so as to restore our faith in him?'; 'Am I too young to think about all this?'; 'Why can't I be more like Sanil or Mathew,who,live their lives enjoying every moment,positively?'; 'Why do I have to be so expressive and negative, all the time?'; 'Why the fuck do I write all this stuff down?'; 'What do I want to prove to people? That I am hurting inside?Broken,dismantled and lost at 16'?
All this cross my mind........enstrengthened by the gloomy whether.It had started to drizzle.Then I realize..........that there are no answers to these questions......there never will be.Maybe this is what I liked about her......her attempts to simplify all these complex thoughts and put them up for me.Maybe.I'll never know for sure.I shuffle through the songs, and play 'Eden' by the Mayfield Four........One of the most inspiring,and dedicative songs ever made(according to me).It re-affirms my faith and re-establishes my love for music,poetry and for life on the whole.I start on my way back to the forest cottage,where we would be halting for the night.A lonely walk.But nothing, compared to the Journey that I am waiting to begin.......the journey of life,afresh.But now I am filled with hope.Hope for a better me,a stronger me.A friend once said "If there isn't a happy ending, its not the end at all".
"So then,turn the page and say goodbye and walk away
from everything,
That we worked so hard to save"
Player One^