A Walk in the Clouds ...

with every passing minute , i discover a new layer of clouds .... as we go higher and higher up in the sky , newer horizons open up and the beauty is breath-taking . its not difficult to imagine why heaven is always believed to be above the clouds . Oh ! How i wish to just fly out into the open skies and enjoy the surreal beauty and embrace the ethereally fluffy clouds ... oops !! no no , that would be too dangerous .
if you have already got the picture , then i must congratulate you for your excellent analytical skills .. after all i took special care to ensure that the actual scenario remained an enigma . but then i guess i underestimate the intelligence of the elite readers of this blog .

so , i lay my wild imaginations to rest and lay back on my seat as my flight heads towards home ... leaving the disturbing crimson clouds over gujarat behind me and moving into the dark,calm skies .
the transition was so very symbolic . i spared a silent prayer for the thousands in the lands below ( now concealed by the clouds ) .. and then returned to my original "unpoetic" , "materialistic" self . i was just browsing through an agatha christie novel because i had really run out of things to do .. soon that too receded into the background as the comely air-hostess brought us food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now a week in ahmedabad was eventful .. will surely describe that sometime if i can get over my laziness .. but 1 thing that didn't feature in those seven looooooooooonnnnnnngggggg days was non-veg food ( read chicken ... i can't really count the morning omlette as non-veg ) . so the little chicken that was on offer here tasted delicious ( need to improve my vocab !! ) . after the 30 minute food break ( also included salad , rice , dal , bread , butter , custard and coffee ) i decided to return to my "poetic" pretence . alas !! it was pitch black outside , so arka ( my friend ) and i ended up solving most of today's telegraph quick crossword ( someone give me a 7-letter word for innate .. hint : N_T_ _ _ _ ) and discussed the pros and cons of living in india and abroad ( our discussions always have the inherent (ridiculous) assumption that we have an option of settling down abroad ) . anyways , as usual , the discussions did not yield any conclusive results and soon our plane was descending .
within the next few minutes , we were below the clouds and i could see the kolkata lights ... hurrah !!!!!!!!

our tribulaton had finally come to an end . the city looked clumsily beautiful in the labyrinthine mesh of white and yellow lights ... and yes , it looked so very inviting !! as we landed and i checked my mobile's signal to call up my mom , i reflected back upon the one memory from this flight that i will be carrying with me for sometime ( cant carry too many memories .. limited disk space coupled with "short term memory" ) and it didnt even require a second consideration .

"absolutely clear blue skies fraught with myriad white clouds .. but it looked like something else ... it looked like the vast blue ,unending sea with icy shores ...." ---- if i could actually describe how beautiful the scene was , i would seriously consider changing over to literature from CS&E . but it was one of those moments you wish you could share with someone special .
and everytime i board a flight in the future , i will surely be looking out for the same sea , the same icy shores and the same person with whom i wished i could share it today .