Friday, September 7, 2007
10:42 PM
Sitting in a car today, the silence so pristine and unspoilt. it was simply one of those moments. One of those moments when you suddenly notice one minute, oblivious aspect that you've neglected to notice on so many other occassions prior to this. I sat there, and all of a sudden, looking straight ahead at the myriad of cars passing by at approximately 100km/h, it all suddenly stops. The light has turned red, and all of a sudden, all form of activity ceased to exist.
I look ahead, and i notice how the side of the road parallels the sleek bodies of the cars...all lined up in one solitary row, waiting for the light to change for that they can turn right. Turn right to continue with their lives, their loves, their stories. But at that one moment, during the interim period of one minute, the lights of those cars were flashing in unison, everyone waiting for the same thing, for the light to turn green, so that they can carry on with their lives.
But in that one moment, we were all connected. Not literally, but in the sense that we were all existing together in that moment. At the same place, and the same time. I wonder what the emotions were which were running through the minds of those people. Were they filled with trepidation? were they elated at the prospect of seeing a loved one, or were they dreading what was to come? I'll never know, but thats the beauty of it though....that as those pristine white lights flashed in harmony and the light flased red, all our stories stopped.
In that one solitary minute, our stories had taken a time out. A break in the time continum.
how surreal is that?
