VINTAGE AASHIQ..........

The slowdown....

This post is not meant to describe our economy's downfall. It's just an attempt to explain what is going on inside that unpredictable little head of mine. Now it seems like life's vehicle has shifted gears yet again, this time around to slow it down to the extent that it's hard to fathom whether or not the wheels are moving at all. The future now seems like a guest which will never arrive despite the wait. It feels as if i'm standing in the middle of a huge crowd which is busy in its own world, with its own people, with its own thoughts which don't have a place for me anymore.

It's not the end of the world they say, but i don't seem to notice a start either. There seems to be a silence everywhere around which is quite similar to the one that a stand-up comedian gets in return from his audience for cracking a poor joke. As far as my laughter is concerned, it seems to have become louder, but sadder. May be it wants to hide that silence i mentioned earlier. People normally press their hands hard against their ears to avoid a shrill noise. I seem to be doing the same to avoid that unbearable quiet.

And the only way to break the stillness around, is to be lucky enough to hear a soft whisper that has travelled miles to reach my ears but seems to have come from the lips that stand inches away from me, which i can sense despite my eyes being closed. That whisper will be music to my ears, a lullaby for the blues which will go to sleep forever, and also a love ballad that will ring in my ears forever.....and ever....