Its not afternoon exactly... Its 6.43PM now. I left lab at 6PM. But in Boston summer, this is still afternoon. Sun is bright and shiny. I took a break and started walking. As I walked I came in the west village complex. The west village quad is a nice lawn with zig-zag paths surrounded by fort-like West Village complex. The West Village buildings are separated by narrow passages that connect the complex to the main road. So as I was strolling around, saw this bright passage and decided to walk through that. The moment I entered the passage, it felt amazing. I wish I could describe the awesome feeling.. The sun was directly in front of me and the bright rays fell directly on my whole body, warming up from my face to toes.. I decided to walk in the same direction... crossed the street, walked on another sidewalk that led to the main road. The direct rays were obstructed by the buildings as the sidewalk ended. So I just walked back and forth along the sidewalk... Felt funny..
When I was walking facing the Sun, the face was getting flooded by the warmth. I wish I could somehow visualize the light particles spreading on my body.. as I walked with my back to the Sun, my back, waist, thighs and knees were getting heated up. It felt so warm and comforting that I kept walking back n forth for half-an-hour or so :) It was bliss. I just wanted to feel it again and again...
As I walked, talking to myself, I could remember all such afternoons... when I would go out to play in colony at 4 o'clock when I was 5 or 6 years old, when I would ride bicycle in the sinuous roads in Burla, when I would take walks in the campus in IIIT... There was some magic in the bright orange light and the heat of the 4 o'clock Sun... Felt nostalgic and awesome !
And when I returned and rested on my workspace, I felt as if the muscles of my legs had turned into hundreds of pistons moving wildly here and there.. It was not painful, but funny :)
Just happy about the afternoon and the Sun, here is my flying kiss to the Sun for making my day :)
