John Sequeira's Blog, page 2

DID HE SMILE?

He was sure he did, standing near the steps on his first day of college. At least, he knew he had thought about it, when that mesmerizing girl in her blue flowing dress had flashed him the most beautiful smile he had ever seen. But a second later, her smile ceased abruptly and she hung her head as if embarrassed and walked off.

She told her friends and they told their friends that the new boy doesn’t smile.

He then tried to smile at people in random, but they looked surprised. They didn’t kno...

MID-LIFE CRISIS

In an obvious case of mid-life crisis, he poured himself a glass of scotch, dropped two ice cubes in it, sat on his chair and cried. His wife said it was neither the time to cry nor to drink scotch, but to gather himself up and go to work. She came to him with a list of groceries and stuffed it in his breast pocket.

Few minutes later, as he looked into the mirror, he decided to change his shirt. He picked up his bag and without saying goodbye walked out of the house.

On his way to the factory...

SLEEP

Old Mr. D’Lima sat on the balcony and waited for the night. It was not an enthusiastic wait, but he felt that the night was better than the day.

“I would have a peaceful sleep”, he said to himself.

As the day died, he lay on his bed and closed his eyes. He listened to the sound of crickets and the whispering of trees. He lay listening till the sun rose from the east.

He went to Dr. Fernandes the next day.

“It is sad if I have nothing to do in the night too”, he said to the doctor.

“What did y...

HEARTBEAT

I looked at her heart beating furiously in her right hand. She was holding onto the railing with her left. Light breeze ruffled her hair, tried to dry her tears but they kept flowing. The river below was gushing to meet its sea, screaming, maybe frustrated with the wait. The bridge swayed, nudged gently for us to get off it. The sky was grey and even the lightning didn’t brighten the surroundings. Hopelessness was everywhere. Her heart kept beating. Love was fast draining from it, droplets mi...