October’s here, and there’s this nip in the air already, the night jasmines blooming in all their glory and the sun’s rays feel devoid of it’s heat, as if celebrating the homecoming of The Goddess. The time is reminiscent of the days bygone, a chest full of bittersweet memories now lay buried deep within: nagging and niggling me, a tussle hard to contain, but what better occassion than now to be thankful, to be grateful that life and The Goddess did bless me with my most treasured possession; the remanent of which now lights up my grey skies, lightens the gloom and provides the much needed solace which my soul seeks.
A year ago it were different, there was an undying zeal which seemed all conquering, as I now look back all that remains is just a mere fraction of the passion I had back then. To have lived through, to have experienced and to have felt a thousand different emotions: the summation of it all now showing up on the surface, holding me and forging me; making up for that now remains, all my deficiencies now don’t seem like a bother. A blessing yet again, a blessing bestowed upon by The Goddess.
It is that time of the year again, although I am cut off and cut away from all the hullabaloo of the festivities, I know to myself that there’s a celebration brewing within, with the remains of all that I have, the things now past and still beautiful; shall I deck myself up, set the stage again: this time though; it’s all within, all by myself. The thoughts and the prayers all leading to none but one source, one person and The same Goddess.
And, as I look up at the heavens above, there’s a stretch of clear blue skies, the season’s here.The embodiment of all things bright, all things beautiful: the autumn shade, the blooming jasmines and the early morning mist; She’s here, and so is The Goddess. A blessing She were, and a blessing still.
P.S: More to seek, more to write, and a lot more to capture; perhaps, Some other time…
abhishek purkayastha 