Bombay Rains

some say death is scary. some say that when death comes for them, they will look him in the eye and tell him to bugger off. no one really does. most just sleep right through it. everyone close their eyes- no one wants to see death truly. death comes in many ways- stealthily, unexpectedly but no one ever expects death. no one but frank. frank simply put was an oddball. ofcourse he would take great offense at that statement. i can just hear him- "excuse me sir! i am many things, an oddball i am not!" who cares. frank was an old man who had been through all of life's circus. he had earned, worked and just when it was his turn to truly live- someone tried to kill him. it wasn't a very smart attempt i must say- scallops filled with peanuts. frank was deathly allergic to peanuts; he ended up spending a month in the ICU. but then on, he was on his guard, yes he was. not a waking moment was spent not alert. and the nights- yes.... the nights were spent in dreams. dream...

Some say you should fall. They say that when you fall, you may die. But maybe, just maybe, you will fly. So I tried. I fell and I fell and I fell. I broke my bones, my heart and my spirit. I fell repeatedly till one day there was nothing else to break. And I fell one last time. That day I flew.  I saw myself, lying down, broken and I smiled. Because that was no longer me. I saw my life. I saw my love, my heart and all it's pain. I saw my familiar worries and suddenly they didn't matter anymore. I saw the things that mattered most to me and there was nothing. I saw the love of my life. And suddenly he didn't matter anymore either. I went higher and higher till I saw nothing else. I flew that day. I soared and that was the best experience of my life. I came back. I came back to my life,  my love, my heart and it's pain. but it's okay. I fell and I fell and I fell. I broke my bones, my heart and my spirit till one day there was nothing else to break. And that day I ...