runbabyrun

her hand reached out to hit the “snooze”.but she had woken up.she considered going back to sleep again. the body seemed tired. not by any physical strain but more from the stress and the confusion of the past few days and the events it had brought with it.a voice in her head said feebly that she should get out of the bed and go for her jog , a ritual she always made a point of not missing. its been 3 days since she went out. Literally dragging her large slender frame out of the blanket she stood up and gave out a long silent yawn.

Fifteen minutes later she was on her porch , stretching her body, trying to bring some energy in her limbs. It was a beautiful morning, she thought, breathing in the fresh cool air. She could see the faint orange of the sun lurking behind the dark morning cloud. She loved the sun. she gave away a smile.

Couple of minutes later, short strides of a beautiful pair of legs were hitting the concrete of the footpath. Her ipod was set on the usual volume she liked when she jogged. It was on the shuffle mode. As the track changed, the beats of the new song resonated in her head bringing out a memory. It was a good memory. Uncharacteristically she set the volume higher until the beat was loud enough in her head. The strides increased. She was jogging after days. She gave away another smile

She wasn’t thinking. The music of her once favourite song had distracted her from herself. It filled her with a strange energy. She was running again. The song changed but she did not realize. She was flying now. Unaware of the strands of her hair that escaped from the knot and were swaying away with disdain. Unaware of the sweat that was trickling down her bronze skin which she secretly loved. Unaware of how fast she was running and how graceful it appeared to the old couple that were walking on the opposite pavement. Unaware that she had never looked more beautiful.

Twenty minutes had lapsed and she did not feel a thing. She was free after days and something was healed inside her. She was a little girl again and was chasing a butterfly never actually intending to catch it. she did not feel her legs tiring and that her breath was getting heavier.she could no longer the thumping music from the ipod but she could hear herself breath again along with the fast thumping of her heart, beating in a rhythm. that was music! after days she was reminded that her heart did exist. She was alive. She gave away another smile.