Monday, January 08, 2007

I was standing at the bus stop.

From the house across the street, two very old and frayed people came out.
A man and a woman. Holding hands, the woman clinging to the man.
They made to cross the road, but held back for the bus to pass.
Then with hurried steps they crossed the street.
The woman started walking in my direction.
With hurried steps the man crossed to the other side and went back into the house.
It took me few seconds to realise.
The old man had come out just to see the old woman safe across the street.
How beautiful!

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Me first again!

Sweet...very sweet!

Anonymous said...

Awwww :) So sweet !

AakASH!!! said...

Hmm i could write a story on that. :-)

Thankfully, life is peppered with instances like these, otherwise this acrimonious existence can be a big bane.

I was going through my old posts at thestoneleaf, came across you there, so i just dropped in to say Hi!

Hope you are doing good.

Anonymous said...

k.. economics of marriage.., then this.. bhagya, its about time we say..

:p

Anonymous said...

awww sooooooo sweeeeeet...
n ya I kinda agree with me... what say lady;P

Anonymous said...

Cho chweet :)
Hope you get your free grant soon, so you will have someone to help cross the road :)

Flying Machine said...

DJ - Hey! Har baar awwal number.

Zoya - :)

aakash - hope u got something on thestoneleaf now.

Me - Waiting for you to say yes.

Soul - Well lady for once I say you shld disagree with Shreyas

Ganju - hehe. You know better than that.

Grey Shades said...

It sure is beautiful and very sweet! :) Hows you doing lady? Long time no hear!

Anonymous said...

oh.. re.. i should not be ending my sentences in "..'s"

the complete statement would say..

its about time we say.. bhagya.. shaadi karr le.. :p

Anonymous said...

and now that its a voice, voiced by everyone.., u should.. atleast hum sab ke liye..

Zoya said...

.....aaaannnd release :)

cerisecarnations said...

i agree ;D

Anonymous said...

oye bhagya.. bhaag gayee kya..??

Anonymous said...

Arre kab tak bus stop pe khadi rahoge?Aage badho...

Anonymous said...

Wakey Wakey... where art thou?

Anonymous said...

you aint comin back here or what lady????!!!!

Anonymous said...

Dammit! you are still at the bus stop? Arre koi, Mata Bhagya ko ghar le jaao or PC ke aage baithaaoo :P

Anonymous said...

seriously..
bus stop pe aisa kya dikh gaya tereko..??

Anonymous said...

u HAVE spent some real long time at this busstop..

Anonymous said...

just a few steps away form your world record of the longest wait at the bus stop..