Monday 20 August 2012

Skinny Dip.

Another morning, like many others. She is wide awake and plans a long walk. It rained last night and the air smells beautifully wet.  The slumber was sweet and long, the perfect night after a long time. She cuddled up to herself and fell asleep with music, and last night she forgot about lack of warmth or anything at all. Though dreams of strange men with stranger voices woke her up early, but today she was planning for a long walk and that was exciting. So she wore her best clothes and let her hair open. She was sure that tonight she will be back with someone.
The sky was dark and cloudy, 'It will rain again' she thought  to herself. The route was not of charcoal or mud, it was rocky filled with round pebble like stones found on river beds. The trees formed a tunnel and kept her covered and shaded. They turned into a long rectangular screen covering the entire path. 'Pretty Woman' was soon playing around her. She kept walking in the backdrop of a fairy-tale-like love story, with beautiful people successfully finding love and living a dream. It cheered her up, and anyways Richard Gere was a favorite. Moving ahead she started finding people around her, they were not passing by or were actually present. They seemed like vague human figures filling spaces so she doesn't feel too lonely. She has been walking for more than twenty minutes now, despite the people and 'Pretty Woman' she started getting bored. Just then, a young man with a smart hat and unfitting jeans caught her eye. It was anyways getting slightly boring, so she decided to go up to him. They chat, he tells her about the music he likes, she talks about her favorite movies. She asks what was he doing here, he gives a faint answer. So they start walking together. The backdrop changes from 'Pretty Woman' to 'Say Anything'. This cheers her up even more, also because she has a companion now. Just like she promised herself. They keep walking and talking together, turning and watching clips. It was near afternoon now, and the day was turning out be pretty nice. So they decide to stand for a little while, the guy insisted on stopping. She had always been valiant about her ideas, so when he tried to push opinions on her, she retaliated. She was taken by shock when he grabbed her head and banged it on a tree.
The blood had started to dry out and she was strong enough to walk again. She continued her journey as her will was strong and most of all, she didn't want to sleep alone tonight. Movie that was being projected on trees soon changed to 'A Walk to Remember'. It slightly irritated her, but hope made her smile. So she wiped off the blood on her forehead fixed her dress, tied her hair and kept walking. It was only five minutes after that she found another man. She opened her hair and approached him. They didn't talk about music or people, they smiled at each other. He had greeted her with a consoling smile, so when they began to walk , he held her hand softly. Maybe he saw her getting hurt or maybe he figured the wound, but whatever it was, it made him very gentle. They kept smiling and talked about simple things. She was pleased again as he comforted her, so when he asked to stop for a while she got scared. It was past evening and they have been together quite long. She pleads him to stay but he goes inside the forest anyways, promising a return. She sat and waited for an hour. But she could not afford to wait any longer as she had to be home by night. Leaving alone broke her heart a bit.
The background had now changed to 'An Affair to Remember'. And she wanted these hopelessly romantic movies to stop. The sun had set and darkness was whispering around her. She started feeling irritated and angry, she wanted someone to take it out on. So when she found the beautiful looking man sitting on a bench, she knew what she wanted. She sat next to him, turned his face to hers and looked at him. Oh he was so good looking. She grabbed his face and started kissing. He reciprocated with a wilder wetter kiss. They bit each other and left marks. He was a great lover and exactly what she needed. She stayed and had wild sex with him for fifteen minutes and then, walked away. Leaving him craving and helpless.
And now it was 'Bridget Jones Diary'. Argh! She wanted these to stop. STOP and leave her quiet. It was past midnight. After that man, she met two more and found them beyond foolish, so she abandoned them and kept to herself. All the while she had been thinking and questioning her intentions. What was is it that she was seeking, that made her step out and take on to this path. Irrespective of any straight answer she kept on with her journey and did not stop for any guy afterwards. Walking she didn't even realize how three more hours passed. Her mind was filled with doubts and anger. The night was tiring and intense, she just wanted to rest now. She had been walking for way too long. Just as she thought of sitting down on the rocks, she saw something. Ten minutes of walking more and her eyes could not fathom the beauty. Beauty of what was before her eyes, a huge lake, she had been through this path before and never found this gem. Those irritating movies had stopped and her mind was clear. She was overwhelmed by what was before her, and by that she was mad at herself for taking up this task anyways. But nothing seemed more important or significant in front of something so mesmerizing.
Her loose dress, she pulled that off with eyes stuck on the lake. She took off her sandals one by one. The cool breeze was now touching her body innocently, but it was still not satisfying, So she unhooked her bra and removed her underpants. The breeze seemed to hug her naked skin, the cool soothing touch on every inch of her body made her feel relieved and complete. But what she wanted to achieve was still not complete.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breathe and dived into the lake. The water filled all the empty spaces, the projector stopped, the vague men  and women disappeared. She couldn't hear or think anymore and the water engulfed her primitive state happily.

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