Don’t turn off the light, not yet

Image by: Radhika Udas
Location: Powai Lake, Mumbai

The bulbs on the lone street flickered furiously making their effort of finding a connection more pronounced. You stared at them, with empty eyes, and you didn’t stop. You could have done anything while they still quivered but you kept staring. 

You stood there long enough, only so you could say –

“The lights are out”

Today, string by string you unravel in front of yourself as unpleasantly as humanly possible. You have held back so much that your insides ache with the poison your thoughts are feeding them. Your mind isn’t ready to change direction but your heart, your damn heart still believes in you. Still hopes for finding back your ground and not get buried under it.

So even if the light quivers, you better not admit defeat and just stare. The light is struggling just to keep you company so you walk down from your hill of misery and you do something about it. You frantically run around to help yourself while there is still a shimmer. 

And if after that you fail, then you complain. 

Not before the light is completely out, not yet.