Saturday, 21 June 2014
'Distant Music' by Kanwal Mukhtar
Night breeze carries the intimations of notes rising in far piece; drifts through the third floor window, touches the boy's face. Hypnotic melody beckons him to follow, and now he finds himself walking down the empty road lit by streetlamps. As he walks farther, the streetlamps are replaced by trees. Trees that are not merely green and brown but luminous as if a thousand twinkling fairy lights were aglow in each one of them. The music rises slightly and ahead of him, glowing in the softer light, a pair of hips moves to the beat. A river splashes softly nearby and he can smell exotic night lilies and blooming roses as she spins around slowly and back towards him. He feels lighter, as if his feet have been released of invisible chains and a weight has lifted off of his shoulders. Notes in the distance rise and fall, taking the shape of a snowflake, a bell, a heart of fire. He feels warm breath on his neck, only to turn around and find nothing.
He is staring in the distance from behind the window. The music never comes any closer.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
FlashFlood 2023 is OPEN for submissions for one week only!
We are delighted to announce that we are open for submissions for FlashFlood 2023 from 12:01 a.m. BST on Sunday, 30 April to 23:59 BST on Sa...
-
One day the planet tilted just ever so slightly to the left and everyone and everything I’d ever known in between fell off. It wasn’t easy t...
-
A girl sits, waiting. She reaches above her head for a girl. A girl to pluck from the tree of girls. The tree is full and ripe, the perfect ...
-
A shaft of sunlight fell across the worn herringbone floor, drawing his gaze upwards to the flawless blue sky beyond the row of windows, ...
No comments:
Post a Comment