mornings

Your day starts. You are still in your dream state, when a vague ring of your alarm clock reaches your ears. Painfully, you open your eyes, and push yourself out of bed. Thus, the morning ritual starts. Take a bath. Breakfast. Dress for work.

And then the long, polluted, traffic jammed commute to work. All sorts of people ride and get off the jeepney. It is all a blur to you. Then you get off your stop. You walk. You enter the office. You seem to be early, only a few are at their tables. Back to the hell hole, you think.

You open your PC, your inbox is flooded with emails. Who're all these from, you wonder. Quickly scanning the list, you see more emails from irate clients and your annoyed boss. Great. Just great. What a great start for your day.

Then you figure out what to do for the day. This I'll do, and this, and that too. And you slave on, stubbornly on, like a horse pulling on its carriage. Tis a hard life, you think. And you start to question, the point of it all. What is the point? This is madness, you tell yourself, allowing to be subjected to all this.

But then, you turn, and a wonderful vision overtakes you. A vision of great beauty, like the beams of sunrise piercing the darkness and gloom of a long, cold night. You forget everything, as a goddess descends on the room. Incredulously, you stare, as her delicate figure enters the door and crosses the aisle.

Her angelic face. Her flowing hair. Her beautiful smile. Her graceful yet unassuming manner. Time stops. Your world stops. Your heart palpitates. Your insides are sommersaulting like mad.

And for that single moment, everything seems right in the world. Contentedly, you watch her. And then, you start dreaming. What if, she's the one. Visions of happily ever after scenarios pass through your head.

But then, your superego catches up with you. What on earth am I doing? Get back to work! A rude awakening from a beautiful dream. So, like a slave whipped by his cruel task master, you go back to work. And you press on, and on. You sigh at everything that has to be accomplished for the day.

But then, a smile crosses your face, knowing that an angel is just nearby, to take you away, if only for a moment.