Thursday 12 October 2017

Colors

As the beautiful Fall falling up on us, my heart cried out for nice, pure, clean air. With ambiguity to see new people and desire for short run, I chose run. As always, I put on my headphones in, to ignore whole other world of "People."

A bunch of people laughing and a group of kids running around, other group of elders sitting and chitchatting passed through my eyes as I began to jog.

Surrounded by numerous trees, air felt so fresh that I even enjoyed breathing. After 5 rounds of jog I slowed down to ease it up a bit.

I felt like taking a break and having some water. I sat on the bench which was empty. I generally avoid people wherever possible.

The music flew in my ear non stop, I nodded my head rhythmically to the song. I noticed a women of my age entering the park, she seemed to be very pleasant, she did say Good morning to couple of elders and hi to some others. She played with kids for a while.

She did start jogging. I see her wishing almost half dozen people on her way. I would be scared, angry, sweaty and confused if I was in her place. Meeting new people just makes me nervous. I was mesmerized by her actions. I literally sometimes turn away my eyes to skip that part of saying hello for courtesy.

It's weird that I never feel like making new friends, I am always content with what I have or should I say with limited number of people I have in my life.

But seeing her talking to new people just like it was a piece of cake, kept me thinking why am I like this. Anyway I tried to ignore this "new" feeling and move on with my life. I started jogging back. Ten rounds down and I am automatically drawn towards lovely, lonely world of me.

I started walking back to home. My adrenaline rushed witnessing the fall colors. I could not stop but appreciate the beauty of nature. I always take the off beaten path to my way home experiencing utmost tranquility.

I saw this women again on the way. Wow, most friendly person and nature lover too, I thought to myself. As I approach her she acted weird. I mean she looked calm and cool but I could sense something strange. I might not be blessed with quality to make friends but I sure as hell observe my surroundings.

I somehow managed to smile and nod at this women and started passing by. That's when I heard a moan. It sounded rather different and I turned back. I could see nothing but the women smiling. She is smiling but her face shows otherwise.

I ran back towards her thinking she is bitten by some kind of insect. To my utter shock she too started running away from me. I ran faster toward the tree where she was before. To my disbelief, I found a kid unconscious. I immediately called ambulance and took the kid to hospital. I lodged a complaint in police station.

What would have happened If I had not taken that route to my home. I heard from police and found she tried to kidnap him from the park. Kid's parents were glad to find him and thanked me.

Staring at my window, I saw bright yellow color leaves, nature is the only thing which can unfold it's true colors and can still look beautiful!