Last evening my eyes met with a strange pair of eyes while I was coming back from my class. It was a fleeting glace, but something was felt strange deep inside somewhere. It felt like something stirred awake with that stranger’s passing look. I kept thinking about that stranger and the unknown emotions taking birth in my heart. Neither she nor I have ever met with each other before and now I don’t know how will I ever meet that angel of fortune again.
What should I do now or what should I avoid doing? How do you think should I call her, when I don’t even know her name? Things in the background appeared blurred at that moment, I don’t know if that was the effect of her presence or something else. The world was suddenly quiet and the loud noises were tuned down to mere murmurs and whispers. Now, I am wondering did it really happen or was I just daydreaming.
My heart started drumming in my ears and my eyes were blinking fast with the falling rain, but still my mouth ran dry as if I just ran a marathon. I slowed down my pace and stopped to turn around to have another look at her. But, I lost her in the sea of crowd. Even in gatherings my heart feels so secluded now and hollow from inside. It fears that it will lose you forever. Now, my eyes keep searching for your face among the strangers every now and then. The joy and peace of finding you and your love is the only hope keeping us warm till the day we will meet again.
-Artist Gurdish Pannu
-The dimensions of the painting are 18 inches x 26 inches.
