It gets all right in the end of the story, the writer says
Monday begins grudgingly, resentfully, dread spread like
poison in your purple veins, green at your wrists, sometimes
you walk past it like a somnambulist , nodding , obliging them
with a smile, your eyes light up at moments, dulls and becomes
heavy lidded when overcome by afternoon sleep, but you don't
sleep. Tuesday gives you rain, mugs of coffee and blankets
of love, you hum old tunes into his ear, he smiles back at you
but you despair as the day comes to a close, parting for the night
leaves you feeling slightly cold. Wednesday rushes past,
you devour written words, news of faraway lands, stare at
faces of people with brown hair, black , golden, criminals,
politicians, starlets, you imagine the houses by the sea, the cruel
mountain tops, quaint houses and cobbled streets, the Kumbh Mela
at the banks of the Ganga. Thursday is for old acquaintances,
reminiscing about childhood idiosyncrasies, a biscuit divided
among four friends, prank letters written and received, ghost stories
told. Friday is spent with a book, soaking up the warmth of the winter
sunlight, nibbling on strawberries with chocolate cream, you are amazed
at the heightened sense you feel of the world around you,
overwhelming in their incredulity. Saturday tortures you with deaths
sometimes, the vast scope of the human life, its various possibilities
yet so limited sometimes, its heartbreaking misery, you miss
the embracing magnanimity of home, of Mum braiding your hair when
you were a little girl, of pushing your sister's tricycle, of going for
evening walks with your brother and your dog.Sunday morning makes
you restless,waking up late never became you, the not-knowing of
the rest of the day, but he will come to you or you will go to him,
nothing is too hard to solve, even imagined grief passes,he imitates
your scowl, you are laughing again, he is laughing too.
Even the poet says, it gets alright by the end of the week.
Monday begins grudgingly, resentfully, dread spread like
poison in your purple veins, green at your wrists, sometimes
you walk past it like a somnambulist , nodding , obliging them
with a smile, your eyes light up at moments, dulls and becomes
heavy lidded when overcome by afternoon sleep, but you don't
sleep. Tuesday gives you rain, mugs of coffee and blankets
of love, you hum old tunes into his ear, he smiles back at you
but you despair as the day comes to a close, parting for the night
leaves you feeling slightly cold. Wednesday rushes past,
you devour written words, news of faraway lands, stare at
faces of people with brown hair, black , golden, criminals,
politicians, starlets, you imagine the houses by the sea, the cruel
mountain tops, quaint houses and cobbled streets, the Kumbh Mela
at the banks of the Ganga. Thursday is for old acquaintances,
reminiscing about childhood idiosyncrasies, a biscuit divided
among four friends, prank letters written and received, ghost stories
told. Friday is spent with a book, soaking up the warmth of the winter
sunlight, nibbling on strawberries with chocolate cream, you are amazed
at the heightened sense you feel of the world around you,
overwhelming in their incredulity. Saturday tortures you with deaths
sometimes, the vast scope of the human life, its various possibilities
yet so limited sometimes, its heartbreaking misery, you miss
the embracing magnanimity of home, of Mum braiding your hair when
you were a little girl, of pushing your sister's tricycle, of going for
evening walks with your brother and your dog.Sunday morning makes
you restless,waking up late never became you, the not-knowing of
the rest of the day, but he will come to you or you will go to him,
nothing is too hard to solve, even imagined grief passes,he imitates
your scowl, you are laughing again, he is laughing too.
Even the poet says, it gets alright by the end of the week.
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