Thursday, May 29, 2008

of breaking

As the glass shattered with a soothing clink into innumerable twinkling pieces on the cool granite, she wondered what heartbreak sounds like. Is it like the unimpressive thud of a heavy stone sinking in the opaque green of a eutrophic pond, silent and easily forgotten? Or does it shatter like an expensive crystal chandelier crashing majestically, regal even till the end? Or does it rip silently like a scalpel slicing fresh cadaver on a post mortem table, neat and almost bloodless? Or does it sizzle like butter on a heated frying pan, at once pleasant and enticing? Or does it break like the frightening crack of bones while burning at the cremation pyre, loud and defying? She has never been able to decipher the sounds of frozen hope, broken dream and an aching heart. The euphoria of last week seems to evaporate like finely ground camphor till all that is left is the nothingness of reality.

6 comments:

Rambler said...

I think it might sound more like slick splitting of expensive silk worn really tight around the body

Akshay said...

I think there will be different kinda heartbreak sounds.... depending on numerous factors!!!

DreamCatcher said...

rambler: just the right expression. Thank you.

Ak: true.

Shubhojit said...

There's no sound. Ever. & thats why its so painful.

DreamCatcher said...

SJ: you may be right after all

Gypsy said...

what if it doesn't break, but deflates? thats how i've felt many times... like the air's whooshed out of me and i have nothing holding me up.

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