AAUW : The Grey Side of Retrospection : Chapter: CXX : Evolution of Angst
Daniel was crouched on the back seat of a sedan, the cab was rolling good, but the silence around - except for the whirring tyres zipping through the asphalt - was distracting. The driver seemed pretty intent and focussed, so much that Daniel enquired if he was sleeping while driving. The driver obviously retorted in a not too friendly tone that he was doing fine and allowed the silence to engulf the drive again.
Daniel , was sleepy, it was around 3AM and he was headed to the airport - he hardly remembered the City he was running away from nor the City he was headed to, all he knew was that his boarding pass had all the info required and that was it - as the car went about burning the rubber, Daniel's half open eyes observed the scarred, ragged rocks on both sides of the highway , they looked like mounds of burnt volcanic ashes whose ghostly looks were enhanced to resemble Dante's graphical visualisation of the walls of hell , swamped by fine Steel blue Street Lights lit by big, powerful LED bulbs on both sides of what was obviously a part of a jurassic rock plateau - red clay, short hardened shrubs, sparsely populated trees managed to further heighten the sense of environmental starvation.
But the highway looked nice and straight and beautiful - the bright white painted lane markers being the glamour quotient.
Daniel's mind drifted back to the day when Annie fell on his shoulders while still in her teens saying she was pregnant and she did not want an abortion but her Parents were upset and were counselling her to get rid of the womb.
Daniel was hardly interested in who or how or when Annie got into the trench all he wanted was to make sure Annie could get the space to do what she felt like doing. It was a sunny day that day, but Thankfully they were seated under a shade of a large coalition of tropical Tamarind trees in close proximity to Mango Trees and short but healthy Coconut palms - the scene around was very idyllic but for Annie and Danny the situation was far from Idyllic.
Daniel looked into Annie's eyes and asked, So ? What do you want do ?
Annie replied
Please marry me.
Daniel was crouched on the back seat of a sedan, the cab was rolling good, but the silence around - except for the whirring tyres zipping through the asphalt - was distracting. The driver seemed pretty intent and focussed, so much that Daniel enquired if he was sleeping while driving. The driver obviously retorted in a not too friendly tone that he was doing fine and allowed the silence to engulf the drive again.
Daniel , was sleepy, it was around 3AM and he was headed to the airport - he hardly remembered the City he was running away from nor the City he was headed to, all he knew was that his boarding pass had all the info required and that was it - as the car went about burning the rubber, Daniel's half open eyes observed the scarred, ragged rocks on both sides of the highway , they looked like mounds of burnt volcanic ashes whose ghostly looks were enhanced to resemble Dante's graphical visualisation of the walls of hell , swamped by fine Steel blue Street Lights lit by big, powerful LED bulbs on both sides of what was obviously a part of a jurassic rock plateau - red clay, short hardened shrubs, sparsely populated trees managed to further heighten the sense of environmental starvation.
But the highway looked nice and straight and beautiful - the bright white painted lane markers being the glamour quotient.
Daniel's mind drifted back to the day when Annie fell on his shoulders while still in her teens saying she was pregnant and she did not want an abortion but her Parents were upset and were counselling her to get rid of the womb.
Daniel was hardly interested in who or how or when Annie got into the trench all he wanted was to make sure Annie could get the space to do what she felt like doing. It was a sunny day that day, but Thankfully they were seated under a shade of a large coalition of tropical Tamarind trees in close proximity to Mango Trees and short but healthy Coconut palms - the scene around was very idyllic but for Annie and Danny the situation was far from Idyllic.
Daniel looked into Annie's eyes and asked, So ? What do you want do ?
Annie replied
Please marry me.
