Time has been flying fast. It feels like it is on some sort of boost. And the thing which concerns me is: it is not even winter season. Like during winter time, days are short, so it automatically feels like shorter days. Moreover, during that time of the year, which is also my favorite, I love to procrastinate a lot.
Now one must be wondering, why I am so concerned about it. I know, no one is. But for the sake of writing syle - you better accept it. Today, I received a notification mentioning a picture from four-years back. Pretty normal thing. Oh yes, I do not change my phone or anything, until it turns into complete nothing i.e. dead. I have been this way since the beginning, and people - even my parents - have to beg me to change it. But, I am not doing it, until death of one tears us apart.
Sometimes, I really get carried away, when it comes to speaking and writing.
Back to the memory.
Even after these four-years, I remember almost everything related to this picture.
It is from my university. And I was going to the medical centre. Nothing personal for me, my friend was having severe headache, so we had to visit it. Now, the interesting thing is: I sent this picture to a Whatsapp group. Of course, with a humorous touch of "friend" asking for a princess treatment. Everyone shared a good laughter. And the best part? But everyone was concerned, and right after 10-minutes, there were 7 of us. Boys really do have a way to put up a magic show. Maybe this is the reason, I always say that it is the company which matters to me the most. I do not care how good or bad a place is, if it is beside my homies, I am all good.
And maybe this is what makes this picture feels more personal and special. As visible, it was a bright day. And, I am not a big fan of this weather. Even this picture makes me feel the horror of scorching heat. However, there is an attached benefit - the shadow. Though it works in mysterious ways, but it always finnd a way to follow us. We walk; they walk. We stop; they stop. We run; they run. Still, we will only notice these creatures when the light hits at the right angle.
And, I believe life is somewhat similar to it.
Most of the time, we all have something to do. Still we keep moving forward. But for friends, we all are there. And, I find myself lucky in this manner. Though, most of them are brain dead, or might have one or two brain cells. But when it comes to loyalty, they compete with dogs. No offense :)
No matter how serious the situation is, they will find a way to crack some jokes. Sometimes turning it into a comedy show. Sometimes joke is so good that we will laughing about it even after years.
There was a friend with headache, demanding some princess treatment. And there was sunlight, doing its best to make the day miserable, for all of us. However, there was also something positive - the shadow. The mighty sun was facing a good competition.
The brighter the day was, the more desperate we were to find some shade. The same way, we friends i.e. boys work. When life starts to get serious with its infinite humbling ways, we start looking for a little darkness. And remember this darkness is not something of depressing kind. But the kind where someone makes a lame joke and everyone starts laughing.
The emotional support is of different kind. We do not always say, "I am worried about you." We normally say, "Bro, are you going to die now?" And maybe that is the funniest part of friendship. We may not always have the way to comfort, but we do have some way to lighten up the mood.
As mentioned earlier, life has infinite ways of doing strange things. And we cannot control the sunlight - the situation but, perhaps we can choose to face it in our ways.
And the picture reminds me of the same thing. Four years ago, we were just a bunch of university boys going towards the medical centre because one of us had a headache. There was nothing so extraordinary about that day. No major accomplishment, no historic event. Just friends, a headache, scorching heat and unnecessary amount of brainless moments.
We might have gone our ways, and maybe, years from now will notify me again with another notification.
But, first I need to hope that my phone survives that long. Because knowing me, changing it is definitely not an option. Until death - the graveyeard of shadow - tears us apart.
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Peace 🕊️
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This is my entry for Shadow Hunter contest. Do check out the rules before moving forward.
