An Utter Dark Evening

  

The corridor looked deserted when I was walking to my room. It was filled with the light as my eyes with the sleep. I opened my room, intending to have a sound sleep. I switched on the lights that showed the congestion of my room. A small insect ran under the cot and hid itself for living some more days. Looking at the room, I felt like arranging the things properly. But, I fell down on the bed with the intention to sleep.

As soon as I lay down on the bed, the room bcame dark as if the light itself fell asleep. I got up from the bed and realized the power cut everywhere. I was feeling very tired. I sat down on the cot and thought of what to do.

I started walking in the utter dark corridor towards the wash room with my mobile light. I entered  into the washroom and kept the mobile on the washing machine,  facing the mirror for the reflection. Then, I inclined my body down towards the tap and washed my face.  When I leaned back and  looked at the mirror, I was aback looking at a reflection of  woman coming behind towards me. I suddenly turned around and saw nothing but the empty room.

The cool breeze entered into the wash room through the broken glass window to my right. The twinkling of stars mesmerized me and attracted with its glitter.

I started walking to the terrace taking my mobile light. As I was passing each and every floor up to the terrace, my body felt the chillness of the wind. I finally reached the terrace and was looking at the hostel building under construction.

I walked towards the side wall and looked at the glittering lights of the city. It looked as if it were the glittering gems in the jewels box. Then, the siren sound of a train travelled with the wind and reached my ears. In sometime, I could hear the sound of train came towards me as if it was ripping off the silence filled around me in the utter dark terrace.  

I witnessed the fast- moving train as its compartments’ lights disturbed the darkness on its way. Looking at the train, I moved my head from left to right as it was heading towards its destination. The train sound finally faded away towards its destination.

Once again, the silence and the dark gripped the place around me as if they had won the battle with sound and light of the train. As I turned around and looked at the utter darkness of the terrace, my tongue slightly started wetting my lips. I then realized I was shivering a bit.

Without knowing what to do, I looked up at the sky. The clouds, at least to my knowledge, were leisurely assembling to make a large cloud for a heavy rain from different directions. As a rival, stars attractively twinkled to make the walking clouds less noticeable.

I walked on the terrace looking at the international Men’s hostel and found the electricity was back. Looking at the stars and walking clouds, I decided to leave for my room. I not only came to terrace unwillingly but also left the terrace unwillingly.