Sunshine state Florida is always known for its scorching heat and sweltering weather. Last week it was the hottest week of the season. Temperatures soared up to the 90s and 100s. This was exactly a week back, a Sunday. I just ate my home cooked fish curry and rice for lunch and was ready to take my lazy summer nap or siesta as they call it. I was back in my room, all ready to sleep. While unfolding my bed sheet and just before putting my head on the pillows, I peeped with my drowsy eyes through the blinds to look outside, to feel the heat. Oh My God...I screamed.
There was this humongous, ugly dragonfly on my window glass. It was dark black in color, with enormous wings, and a big ugly face with its protruding eyes, looking at me. My house mates rushed into my room; they thought I had seen some ghost...kidding! I didnt bother them (convinced them about something that I don't remember now), much to my embarassment and locked the room from inside. I climbed up to my bed with a lot of courage, and smiled at myself at my kiddish behavior.
That afternoon when I woke up, I took my all the childish inquisitiveness put together to peep through my blinds to take a look at the creature. There it was glued to my window, stick like, as still as some object. I was surprised that it didn't move at all. Once I thought I'd knock on the window pane to fly it off, but then for a moment I resisted and tried not to bother myself.
Tirtho, stop thinking about that tiny, unimportant creature!
The next morning was a Monday morning, a morn that I hate the most. I was getting ready for office. And as usual, the curiosity in my mind struck again!
Let's take a look at the dragon fly.
All kinds of questions gathered in my mind. Why did God make it look so ugly? Is it still on my window? And to my surprise, it was not. I sighed.
It's okie Tirtho, it's gone, now just move on
And just as I was closing the window blinds, I saw it. I saw it. The big ugly dragonfly. All it did was just switch positions. From the center of the window pane, it had moved to the top right corner. I smiled at myself.
Oh poor dragonfly! Did you only have my window on whole earth to play around with?
Anyway, the dragon fly was still there. I thought it was perhaps looking at me, perhaps it was kidding with me. I didn't know.
7 days. The dragonfly was at my window. It switched postions, but still kept glued to the glass. I tried to avoid this curious onlooker in my room, but falied. Every day in the morning, when I would wake up, I would look for my friend on the window. Every evening when I would come back from office, I would still look for it. And to my amazement it would always be there. Now, strangely I was feeling good about it. It was like another room mate, watching me from the window, my every move, listening to all my conversations. From this evil looking insect, the dragonfly suddenly had turned into a companion. Somewhere in the corner of my heart I felt good about it.
Yesterday was another sunday. A week had goneby. I woke up in the morning, got up and heard a noise outside my window. I guessed. I guessed it right.
It was raining. Oh my God...big relief at last. After a week of intolerable and unbearable heat, God finally showered rain on Orlando. I looked outside, and felt so happy. It was pouring hard, and the noise of the rain was loud. I was happy. I was ecstatic.
And then it suddenly struck my mind...
Oh Poor Dragonfly...
It was gone. Seven long days of summer in Orlando, me and a dragon fly.
A new window? Where? Are you okay dragon fly?
I engaged myself into my daily chores. Sundays are always a lot of work. Washing, cleaning, cooking. Yesterday it rained all day, heavily. The weather forecast says its going to be sunny though from tomorrow.
There was this humongous, ugly dragonfly on my window glass. It was dark black in color, with enormous wings, and a big ugly face with its protruding eyes, looking at me. My house mates rushed into my room; they thought I had seen some ghost...kidding! I didnt bother them (convinced them about something that I don't remember now), much to my embarassment and locked the room from inside. I climbed up to my bed with a lot of courage, and smiled at myself at my kiddish behavior.
That afternoon when I woke up, I took my all the childish inquisitiveness put together to peep through my blinds to take a look at the creature. There it was glued to my window, stick like, as still as some object. I was surprised that it didn't move at all. Once I thought I'd knock on the window pane to fly it off, but then for a moment I resisted and tried not to bother myself.
Tirtho, stop thinking about that tiny, unimportant creature!
The next morning was a Monday morning, a morn that I hate the most. I was getting ready for office. And as usual, the curiosity in my mind struck again!
Let's take a look at the dragon fly.
All kinds of questions gathered in my mind. Why did God make it look so ugly? Is it still on my window? And to my surprise, it was not. I sighed.
It's okie Tirtho, it's gone, now just move on
And just as I was closing the window blinds, I saw it. I saw it. The big ugly dragonfly. All it did was just switch positions. From the center of the window pane, it had moved to the top right corner. I smiled at myself.
Oh poor dragonfly! Did you only have my window on whole earth to play around with?
Anyway, the dragon fly was still there. I thought it was perhaps looking at me, perhaps it was kidding with me. I didn't know.
7 days. The dragonfly was at my window. It switched postions, but still kept glued to the glass. I tried to avoid this curious onlooker in my room, but falied. Every day in the morning, when I would wake up, I would look for my friend on the window. Every evening when I would come back from office, I would still look for it. And to my amazement it would always be there. Now, strangely I was feeling good about it. It was like another room mate, watching me from the window, my every move, listening to all my conversations. From this evil looking insect, the dragonfly suddenly had turned into a companion. Somewhere in the corner of my heart I felt good about it.
Yesterday was another sunday. A week had goneby. I woke up in the morning, got up and heard a noise outside my window. I guessed. I guessed it right.
It was raining. Oh my God...big relief at last. After a week of intolerable and unbearable heat, God finally showered rain on Orlando. I looked outside, and felt so happy. It was pouring hard, and the noise of the rain was loud. I was happy. I was ecstatic.
And then it suddenly struck my mind...
Oh Poor Dragonfly...
It was gone. Seven long days of summer in Orlando, me and a dragon fly.
A new window? Where? Are you okay dragon fly?
I engaged myself into my daily chores. Sundays are always a lot of work. Washing, cleaning, cooking. Yesterday it rained all day, heavily. The weather forecast says its going to be sunny though from tomorrow.
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