TWO LIVES IN ONE
“Do you read often?” The little kid asked me, looking at me as if asking for an answer in the most poetic yet simple manner. “I do, when I need to escape the reality.” “Now what is that supposed to mean, why would you like to escape the reality when it’s all you have?” ***** There is a war going on, the one which we fight with ourselves and the one where the heart and mind are cursed to exist together in the same being. “Oh! What would I give to feel and not to think” and “Maybe I would silence the beating of this erratic thunder going on inside me that clouds my thoughts” “kisse chupaye ghumta hai tu khud ko, khwaabon ko sath liye apne man ko peeche chorde, kyu bhag rha h kisse bhag rha hai tu” 'There was a horrible, erratic thumping in my chest, as if a large bird was trapped inside my ribcage and beating itself to death.&#