the silent scream

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

cold night

been a long time blogging! thought i needed to start again.

i had been sitting in a cab last night and staring outside at the passing line of trucks. it was cold and i was feelig strange. numb... the driver was stealing glances at me, almost meaning to ask me something... and i just didnt feel like making his job any easier. i just lowered the window and let the chilling air blow against my face. at least it was a feeling. and then the guy was saying something.

"kuch kho diye kya saab?"

and i smiled. it was the perfect combination of curiosity, knowledge that it is a personal question and knowledge of the answer.

"haan... lekin nahin..."