TWINS PARADOX

Drops of water leap into the salty air mixing with the wind to weave into floating ripples. The blockade of stones raise the columns and the drops ascend up, up and above. The stony crabs take refuge among the array of rocks strewn along the coast.

There is some effulgence and grandeur about the sea which evokes emptiness and silence within. Maybe the wall of waves, the roar of her breath or the gurgling foam.The sea afront seems to have lost her hue, shrouded in the blackness of failed human endeavors.

But, mind you, this does not in a slight diminish those sparks or weaken her magnificence. The crevice in the rock is being filled by water from a rushing wave, to be gaping yet again as it recedes.

Jets of water brush my cheeks and i wonder where all this rhythm began. It feels as if the movement of the water represents the life force, so chaotic yet constant. Cycles of birth and death, to and fro, high and low, night and day.

The sea knows in her collective memory, better times, golden times, azure times. She is in turmoil, braving similar troubles as her twin, the sky and the rest of her family. Either they are dark or blue or white, all together.

These are dark times, gruesome times. But again, the sea is a master. Her blood has been infiltrated before, she has seen fewer stars. She is the rider of the storm, coolly moving, dancing, being and all else but exist and perish. She lives.

The sky and the sea, mirrors to their own souls. The crab is holding its ground. For how long?

No birds roam the sky. There are no fish to catch and surely they do not want a 'YAHOO' signboard staring at them. As i write, yet again, three empty cups of tea are thrown down the sea, our wastage bag.

Ever wondered why the seas and mountains fascinate us so?
It is because they are the ends, the boundaries. The water points downwards, within.
It separates the land from land. The mountains point to the stars. It separates the land from the sky. This innate fascination and wonder shows that we, as conscious beings want to look beyond, to explore other realms.
The true catch is, we within ourselves, each one of us possess these realms separated by different layers of consciousness. The saying goes "Look within". Think again.

It is in these boundaries, i seek refuge and let the waves rise within. The solitary crab has fallen off the edge into the abyss.