I WANT

‘What do you want from life?’ he asked her in a raised voce. His professional upheavals and the current business scenario had made him sound irritated. He was unsure about the future and had doubts about her. The thought of taking care of her needs plagued his mind. She was dreamy beyond words and raised with showers of love by her family. She seemed too careless and impulsive in her decisions. He was in deep thought and in a state utter confusion. Moreover, her childish laughter was playing on his nerves.
‘ I want to stare at the night sky and count the stars, I want to feel the fresh breeze on my face, I want a single rose lying by my bedside, I want to blow soft bubbles from the soap suds, I want to collect a fallen golden leaf every autumn, I want to recite poetry under the shadow of the silvery moon, I want to laugh freely with my friends and love you with all my heart, I want to enjoy the ice cream dripping over my arm and the chocolate shake leaving a moustache over my lip, I want to wake up in the middle of the night and go on a long drive, I want to walk upto you in a crowded room and whisper three words into your ears, I want to dream on n on...I want to live life’
Quite baffled he looked into the scintillating eyes and said to himself ‘ Do I really deserve her?’
Come to infer every word she said, we will realise that nothing involves hoards of money or dazzling diamonds or great villas. All she asked were things strewn around us, things that we pay no attention to. When was the last time we got drenched in rain without complaining? When was the last we laughed our guts out? In our super sonic lives, the changing seasons fade into insignificance. The stars symbolise the oncoming period of rest and the moon is an object glorified in the movies we watch in our Ultra tech Multiplexes. Equating joy to wealth is the greatest misconception of this age. We are just programmed to live with detailed instruction manual and be what others want us to be. Deviating from the path is blasphemy and we spend our entire period on this earth abiding by the guidelines.
For a day, just be the child you were, get dirty, break the rules (be safe though) and wave the clouds pass by, welcome the spring with open arms, laugh out and simply tell yourself...I want to LIVE