Boy oh boy what a Sunday this has been!!

My day began in the wee hours of the morning,at 4am  precisely,the alarm pulling me out of bed.This was done with the sole intention of doing some last minute cramming for today's UGC. NET exams but a strange lethargy stole over me and I only pottered about the large empty house,looking up at its yellow cob-webbed walls,peering out of the windows to gaze at the bluish black haze which would soon turn ash blue..

I decided I could not miss out on this precious moment when dawn is just breaking out and the gods seem to be whispering out your name...when the air is heavy-scented and a cool papery-thin breeze is gently awakening the buds to a morning of lust and lascivious intent...!!

Nothing,just nothing could stop me from stealing such a morning for myself...I wanted to soak in the delights and stolen pleasures of the morning and preserve it forever...I wanted to write poetry,a love poem,of lovers making wild love...I wished it were raining and the lovers surrendering,with spent breath to the gentle pitter-patter of the slow languorous rain drops....

But my fond wishes remained empty dreams when the sharp persistent ringing of the bell jolted me out of my reverie...was it the door bell or the phone....??

It was my maid at the door who had turned up early this Sunday morning...

Had the morning cast its magic on her too??

Ah,perish the thought for she of the dimpled smile and twinkling eyes satisfied with the small joys of life cannot afford the pleasures that nature gives for free to you and me....

For her the buds don't dream,the leaves don't sigh,the breeze does not run riot with the young girl's dress....

For her the winds don't mouth words of love or the morning hold her in a passionate embrace...

She has no time for these joys for she must bow and bend and wash and scrub...

After almost an age,exhausted by the demands of the marathon session at the examination,I felt liberated,exhilarated at being born free.....free to love and laugh and live....free to dance and hum and sing....free to scream and berate in anger...free to just be me.....

How many of us have this which is denied to so many......???