TRAIL OF FRAGRANCE

It was not a day for him to fall in love. It felt odd somehow, with the sun burning and the flowers gone dry. The sky was blue, he told me later as if he expected it to be something else.

I smiled. “And then?” I asked.

He sat upright and continued. His eyes were bright as if lit up by the fire in his heart. I could see his hands were trembling and his foot tapping the ground.

“Are you anxious?” I asked.

He shook his head. “No”, he said.

” What is it then?” I asked.

He looked around sharp...