Flowers by the Window

Manoj shifted to his new apartment in July. July is the month of rains, when the heavens open up to spray the thirsty earth with cool showers. The month is enjoyed by nature and humans alike. Tender new shoots sprout from the earth, hoping to grow tall and reach the sun. The Bogan-villa that grew outside Manoj's apartment aspired to grow taller and steadily moved towards Manoj's window that was on the first floor. Every morning Manoj would wake up by watching the warm sun that beamed through his window, unaware of the growth below his window. By September, the Bogan-villa started touching the frills of the windows, and come December they danced on Manoj's fingers when he drank hot tea on cold mornings. They bloomed magnificantly in the mornings when Manoj came to dry his clothes by the window. Manoj was careful of the small thorns that the plant carried and hardly noticed their beauty.

With January, the flowers started to become pale with the cold weather, and that is when Manoj realized the missing colours.