I was wondering why anything should be of any color.
A leaf is green because it mostly reflects wavelengths of light near green. A body that is a good absorber is black. Then this came down to the question above.
I am here..
Out in the open
Walking under the naked sky
Come, please
Find me.
Pata hai aaj kya hua? Well, actually last night
I was feeling low as I'll be leaving the university this May. The place will be missed. So I decided to take a walk.
A girl was walking in the same direction, listening to music & singing out loud. As I crossed her I wanted give her a compliment on her singing. (It was genuinely sweet) But couldn't, doubting it might come off creepy. I just walked forward. Came across several scattered friend groups. A girl was pushing a wheelchair her friend was on. It's a long way to any girls' hostel. Just for a moment I thought I could push the wheelchair. But they were going in the opposite direction. Neither of them seem to have noticed me either. Whatever might've been the reason I couldn't reach out. Again. I just kept going.
Every once in a while bikes crossed past me in both directions. Most of them had couples. But they can't all be couples, I quickly told myself. Though I've never dated anyone, you could tell how comfortable a girl is by looking at the way she sits on the bike. Some of them had their chin on the guy's shoulder while others maintained a gap holding onto the grab rail.
Soon I reached the amphitheatre, which you can see the pic. I climbed to one of the top right rows. Three guys were sitting far at top left and a couple at bottom left in the dark. The seats had an ambient glow from the lamps outside. The breeze was gentle and carried a soft buzzing from the high-voltage powerlines. The view was great. Music could make it even better. However my left ear only spares about 20 min before it starts ringing and hurting. So I'd have to pick the song wisely. I went for "Faza bhi hai Jawan Jawan"
With music on everything started to feel like a nostalgic edit. Buses rolled by slowly every few mins. Barely anyone got off. People sat on the grass under warm lights and laughed at jokes I couldn't hear. Soon they'd leave and a new group would arrive, unaware of the others that'd sit there before them. The vertical boulder (see pic) and I were the ones to remain.
A random dog entered amphi. It reminded me of the reels where when a guy/girl sits alone, a random dog sits next to them as company. This didn't happen with me though. The dog climbed up a few rows and settled there. My ear started to hurt so I removed one of the earbuds.
My gaze went to the distant apartments. Then this one quote came to my mind:
"I hear my bones creak under the weight of all the lives I'm not living"
Each tiny light from the homes of strangers, each with their own stories, favourite people and dreams. Ones I'd probably never get to know. The woman in the wheelchair, the one singing out loud and the group on the grass. Is anyone staring out from their window but can't see me? Would they've liked to read any of my writings? Would they want to sit here with me if life had let us get to know each other?
These usually go into my journal but I wanted a human to read it. I really appreciate it if you have read this long text.
How much distance (not displacement) does an average human travel? It can be by walk or by any mode of transport.
In the frame of the Earth (that is by ignoring its movement in space, around the Sun and also that of the galaxy)