He insisted,
I tell you I have the Midas touch!
She said,
I believe you. Only you are Midas in reverse.
You only touch that which is already gold.
He laughed. She did too.
She didn’t tell him she was thinking
Midas turned life into cold metal.
But you could bring gold back to life.
We don’t love people because they deserve it. We love people because we deserve it. These are our depths.
I particularly remember the details of a particular journey. It stands out in the multitude of other daily routes and frequent destinations that would checker the rest of my working life. I used to take an AC bus to work each morning where I was spared of the usual Mumbai…
What I look like when I’m chilling
What does loneliness sound like? A scream that no one seems to hear. Gasps that don’t make it past the throat. Sentences written in invisible ink. The redacted words on a page. It’s feeling unwanted, unnecessary, irrelevent even. Then you remember. You still exist. The print under the graffiti, the face…
I wanted to write this last week but I’ve been running late on a lot of things and just haven’t had the time. Nnnneeeaaarrrrrggghhh. Now usually I like to be this one foot here/the other there sort of person who expounds on the scientific reason behind certain superstitions, the validity…
January was an interesting experience, as regards matters of the heart. Interesting, I say, as a way of deflecting the bad-taste-in-mouth feelings that came up. In December I found myself catching the feels for someone I’d known casually for awhile and not given that much thought to. That is not…
Waah, kya baat hai! bahut khoob 🙂
Beautiful !
Midas thought he had a boon, but t’was a curse
He assumed she spoke of a curse, she knew t’was a boon
superb
A wise one, she is.
Nice!
@ Wiseling, Someonearbit, Sherriff, Perspective Inc.: Thenk yew!
@ Sadim: She in my story, doesn’t think about whether it is a boon or a curse. She just knows what she sees, what he thinks and what really is.
@ Vi: Just perceptive perhaps? Or a hopeless romantic, more likely.
IS,
hopeless romantics dream better and can see and feel the ‘Midas in reverse’unlike many others who have nicely ironed them out.
My my….how about finding some Midas-like for us too. 🙂
@ Shreyasi: That’s idealistic, isn’t it? Even hopeless romantics have to face reality sometime.
@ Sakshi: There aren’t any Midases in real life. Reverse or otherwise.
brilliantly written or should i say perceived. thanks, for writing this piece.
@ K: And thank you for dropping by and reading it!