A game for name" Heaven on earth"

She looked up for the sky adorned with stars reminding about her mother's blue plain saree with small polka dots all over, she smiled to herself and thought how the terrace welcomed them everyday with love yet her mind was doing it's work in the back-ground braking her from admiring the beautiful scene that filled around her. She waited till he came with his welcoming smile and a warm hug with a kiss on her forehead. He pulled her towards him, handed over the coffee mug, spread some biscuits on the plate and looked at her until the mug was emptied to it's very last drop He noticed her being upset abut something and waited for her to bring up the issue herself. She gazed at him desiring to express her ill-feeling about a person whom till to this day she admired to be a good person but gave up as he pretended looking up at the sky holding her tight in his arms and resting his head on her's and laughed at his own jokes.

The breeze struck her loose hair leaving some to flow on his face, he was drawn by the aura, came close to her and planted a kiss on her forehead while she blushed, moved his hands over her neck drew her close to him while she pushed him away, started to check if his family issues were solved, he smiled brushing her hair off her face and said, umm!yes, it's almost solved sweetheart, she sighed in relief yet she looked worried, and suddenly looking from the top most floor of the building she said, God! this is scary, just look down and you will, even before she completed the sentence she was captivated. He did not like to see her depressed under any circumstances; in an effort to drift her away from her current thoughts he said, alright let's play a game; she looked curious, she was always fancied by the word "game" , she waited eagerly and said, Alrightie! tell me, what is it, be quick. Umm! Speak a word and kiss on cheek, whoever loses shall treat the other with a samosa and coffee, Deal? Yeah, deal she chuckled yet agreed to play the game, The game began, she said a word and planted a kiss on the cheek;for a minute it felt like she was completely separated from all her worries but as she progressed, she ended up with a lot of story than the game, she wove sentences after sentence and forgot completely about the game. He listened to her patiently till she vent out all the frustration and then said, alright it's now my turn, which made her realize that she was a spoil sport, he smiled and started the game.

One word, two words and finally he ended up leaving her cheeks painted red, she laughed her heart out hugging him; tears of happiness running down her cheeks, very late did she realize that the game was just a reason to relieve her from the stress and tensions, she now looked up and her lost thoughts started to regain control, the sky filled with stars looked like her mother's saree she always loved to wear as a child and the terrace that welcomed her warmly everyday despite of the cold winters, heavy showers and hot summers, with him beside her the evening brought back life to the lost soul, smile on a sad face, happiness to the depressed heart and finally heaven down to earth in the form of a funny game.

Love and happiness cannot be defined it only needs to be felt :):):)

Zeal versus age...."The cold winter breeze"

It was a Wednesday evening, winding up the hectic day at office,with the December winter being really cold, chill running down everyone's spine, people on the streets were covered with shawls and wind-cheaters, as i rode back from work to home observing lot of people their way back from work to home to meet with their loved ones after a day long schedule. I just felt the air inside office was extremely cold due to the air-conditioned system till I was exposed to the natural cold winter breeze that almost made me go numb.

The evening looked pleasant with the cold winter breeze drawing a lot of young college going couple together, birds finding their way back home remembering their younger ones, dogs cuddling themselves cozily on the sand heap which usually chased the riders,   the priest at temple performing his usual rituals waiting religiously for the devotees to shell out their pockets. I just looked at all of these wondering how things were defined to be; and wondered if the priest really chanted the verses as they were supposed to be or skipped most of them leaving people confused as he trembled in cold, I moved with the traffic laughing looking at the priest's plight waiting for devotees being careless of the cold breeze that hit his half bare body. The traffic was getting really worse and I prayed the lord that I reached home early and went on accelerating non-stop but with periodic and continuous brakes that definitely slowed my pace.

I followed the traffic till a point, where there were lot of vehicles packed without anybody honking for their way, after a couple of minutes lifting the wiser away from my helmet I got up and leaned forward to check what was happening learning that no vehicle owners made any noise against a car driver who was trying best to apply a reverse brake to go backwards, leaving me dumb-struck. I waited to see some progress and understood that it was all in vain. I kept quiet too as I had to follow the fellow-riders and drivers, I waited for some more time for our skilled driver to apply all the strength and intelligence to man-oeuvre and get away with the steering wheel but to my luck I couldn't sense an inch movement from the time I witnessed the incidence, I was getting restless waiting and was getting annoyed as none of them protested, cursing my fate I again stood quietly turning off the ignition choke. It was fifteen minutes by then and then suddenly there was a cheer from the crowd, I heard everyone applaud and scream cheers and then the vehicles slowly started to move, wavering their hands with a ear to ear smile at the car driver who finally had managed to move.Least bothered about the strange act assuming that the driver being a celebrity, I happened to pass the car while I heard a trembling voice from within the car, Thanks for your co-operation people. I was stunned with the sight of our skilled driver, My assumption went for a toss, the driver was a grand-ma aged about 80 trying to learn driving. I paused for a minute and smiled gleefully, got down from my vehicle but I guess I missed granny :):):) she was too fast while she accelerated leaving behind real dumb-founded with the zeal she had.

Granny grew old only by her age and not by heart, she still wanted to learn driving :):):) Cheers to the zealous Grand ma :):):)

"Wait"........Even the lord waits....

It was almost nine at night when I reached back home from work, parking the vehicle straight in front of my home I wen inside to see what was going on and I saw the TV running without any viewers, I left my bag and wandered through the entire house searching for Amma when I finally found her on the bed speaking to someone on the cell phone, I went close by and tried eavesdropping, but it was too late; Amma had already disconnected the call and looked at me smiling but then her smile disappeared and was replaced immediately by anger; she shouted at once, "Where the hell were you all this while?, Your bloody cell phone is either switched off or never answered", she went on complaining constantly until I asked her the reason for her frustration, at once she said, "I am sick and tired of waiting all day for you, you never stick to your words, I cut her short even before she completed her sentence, looked at her rolling my eyes and said, I am sorry Amma ..... She nodded her head in  acknowledgement,and asked me if  wanted something to eat ..."The waiting was over".

I told him I would be at his place at exact 8:30 a.m., he waited religiously for me under that banyan tree but never went there anytime less than 10:30 am, everyday I made some or the other reason for being late one day I cooked, another day I got up late and sometimes my vehicle troubled me, and the reaction always told me that he wasn't convinced with any of my justifications or reasons. One fine day I managed to be there at 8:30 a.m. he wasn't  there at his usual waiting place, I looked around for a couple of minutes, I was restless, picked up the phone, scrolled down till I found his name, held it to my ears when I saw him right in front of me with a broad smile and a tight hug, I smiled back and he said finally, my waiting comes to an end. 

It was Diwali and I had an opportunity to decorate the diyas, I decided to give away the first pair to my grand dad and also wanted to light it myself for him and make him happy, I managed to give away the diyas but since I had to rush to office I could not light them, three days passed by and everyday I crossed his home, I checked with the lady if the diyas were used, she said no on the first day, the second day I asked her, she said probably she would be lighting it tomorrow, I went off again as I was again getting late to work, on my way back I again stopped to check but never went inside, people were busy waiting to get my grand-dad's blessings, I peeped inside, smiled at him and went back home, again the next day same routine on checking the diyas, I asked the lady and this time I got something strange to hear, I guess he is just waiting for you to light them yourself for him, every time we decide to light them we are unable to. Then later in the evening I along with my friend went to his place, I stood straight in front of him, i could sense the serene face turned mischievous, I looked back and the lady came with the a plate decorated with flowers, placed the diyas in the middle of the plate and handed it over to me to light them, we both lighted them and prayed for his blessings. I opened my eyes and he said, Finally, my waiting is over.

Though amma had a chance to crib about my behavior she just ended her waiting by a nod; though he had a chance to taunt me on my restlessness he ended the waiting just by a warm smile and a tight hug though grand-dad had so many devotees visiting him everyday desiring to light the diyas but he waited for me to do it myself for him. People wait and complain loved ones wait and enjoy, the supreme lord waiting for his devotee was just a surprise. "Moments to cherish".