Daydream delusion

Daydream delusion
limousine eyelash

Thursday, 24 July 2014

kaleidoscope kaleidoscope

The neon-lit kaleidoscope showing pictures of yesteryear stars and playing an old Raj Kapoor song took him back several years, to a past where he was an itinerant manic force storming his way through the streets of Hazaribag.
The boy who left his open skies for the multistoried condominium he owns now. He has a M.F. Hussain in his drawing room, luxury cars in his garage, vintage alcohol in his cellar. But during purposeless lunchtime conversations, his heart still races through the emerald fields chasing frogs. 
Was he humming something?

Dil dhoondta hai phir wohi fursat ke raat din.


Gulzar.

1 comment:

  1. Like snaphots, they play,
    like a kaleidoscope, changing shapes
    the only pool of colour in a sea of grey
    it's like the earth shook a little
    and went on, only a man stood still,
    only he who heard the melody
    through the cacophony shrill.

    Beautifully written. I had a feeling about this one. So brilliantly executed. Loved it!

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