The waves, lashing and whispering across the silent wind. The lights dim flickering in tune with the crescendo of hushed silence. My heart beats aflutter for the first time in what feels like an eternity. The world seemed like it was slowing down, to a heartbeat, the gentle breeze from the beating of the wings of the butterfly seemed to kiss upon my brow.

I saw what I wanted to see, and truth, reality and dreams intertwined- I traveled back in time to a happier place, a places that was devoid of the complexities of todays times. The tendrils of dark precipices threatened to invade, but the eyes focussed, and wanted the moment to be just the way it was. 

The flavour, I could taste the moment- I was in a space i wanted to escape to, the moment became the place i could escape to- to escape from the dredges of the mundane everyday life. I realized, that romance exists, insipid as it may be, and purposeless as it may sound, we need those moments of escapade to carry on with the nothingness that we fill our lives with. 

The flickering lights and the gentle shift of her auburn hair, and forlorn looks into the unknown, I saw the moment as i wanted to see- the world had come to a crawl, nothing seemed important any more, nothing except the savour the moment. Love and romance have died, innocence has been lost and we all grow up faster than we ought to. but maybe, in that fleeting moment, just as how a the dragonfly breaks free from her watery cage of youth, and for those brief moments of what seems like a life time for her, but a few days to me- the world seemed so much a better place than i make it to seem. to that person who made it possible, all i can say is thank you- for the my moment of escape for an evening that brought out the best in me for you.