Shadows of Bliss

She wondered why this was considered so evil. The darkness that surrounded her did not by any means seem scary or wicked to her.Why was everyone afraid then ? She loved it. She seemed to be moving along with it rather she preferred to call it floating. There was something about the darkness that made her feel safe. She wondered, did not our ancestors live in darkness during the longer part of the day. Were they all scared? What made us feel so scared? Is it because we cannot see what lies beyond the darkness? Yes she decided, its the fear of the unknown that scares us.

She paced through the house in darkness with nothing but her intuitions telling her which direction to take and not hit the walls. She did not even have the mobile phone to give her the necessary light. The charge had worn out. So much for technology , these things always back out on you when you need them most.She swore under her breath.She found the candles and the candle stand that he had gifted her. She tried to remember the day when he gave it to her. It was such an adorable candle stand.She never had the heart to use them. The very thought of the day brought a smile to her face.

Darkness always had a way with emotions. It made you think of all the melancholy phases you have been through. It makes you reflect on you past, ponder over your present and build air castles of your future.You have so many thoughts racing in your mind that you are quite confounded thinking you could actually have so many !! Had there been power these thoughts would have escaped you as easily as the bug that escapes your testing..You would then be most probably watching the 250th time repeat of the same news that day in NDTV or a soap opera in which the director went mad because there were no more people in the world left for these people to get married to and then get divorced .

She lit the candle successfully after waging a war with the match box and the match sticks. He looked at her from the other side of the candle and looked at her face in the candle light. Her features seemed ever so beautiful. The darkness seemed to have accentuated her beauty. He told her "Its not fair that you look so beautiful". She just smiled. " Now I don't think we need any power at all. That smile of yours just lit up the house".

She just hit him in the head lovingly and wondered when was the last time he had told her that. well not in a really long time. She wondered what was it about darkness that made us realise the beauty in the small offings of life.Appreciating the little things that bring a smile to us.She wondered if darkness really was the absence of light, absence of happiness, devoid of life for she had not felt this happy in a really long time, she had not felt this full of life with the best of brightness.Irony, she did not think so.

p.s : G thanks for the hint that i should try this topic!!