A cool breeze brushed her face as if it was telling her, ‘ You are what you decide.’ the Zephyr provided her the force to move on for what she had dreamt for. The zephyr transformed her entire life.

The house fell asleep under the hypnotizing hums of the mosquitoes, Sana lay on her back staring at the ceiling with tears rolling down her eyes. She silently held her hands to her chest to suppress the pain she felt while she tried to breathe in the midst of her sobbing, someone just woke up to fill the jug of water and Sana buried herself to her pillow and pretended to sleep and she was then snoring.

Sana woke up to throbbing pain in her head and swollen eyes, she grabbed couple of paracetamol from her bag and gulped it down. Her hair, clothes, nails, bed, room , wardrobe, everything around her was a mess. She had never been so unkempt and she was not bothered about it for the first time. Sana looked up to her calendar and tears welled up again, 1 September, it was the date that her dearest person in her life was leaving her for his promised job where she could not follow him. She even came up with loads of ridiculous ideas to be with him but none of them could sway him at all. Everything had to be a secret, they thought but the state in which Sana was now gave way to her friends and her best friends started to worry about her. She still texted him for the last time, ‘Could I come to send you off one last time?’ She waited 10 seconds and was about to text him again when he replied, ‘No, I should have backed off sooner…, no at that time I was living to my heart’s content, I was not bothered by anyone in this world, I forgot myself and my priorities” George replied. 6 years of relationship was coming to an end and both the ends were cut loose as if it could be tied up again but never to the same rope. “What time is your train?” Sana texted.

”The same as before”. this was the last message they sent to each other. Each of them knew there is no point continuing the conversation as one would hurt the other more if they said something.

The later days were not easy for Sana. She lost herself and meaning to her life. Amidst the crowd she felt lonely and in despair. She was disfigured and unkempt. She put up a smile though and fought bravely. The others would ask her about her appearance which eventually was thought to be her normal one. She fell silent at times and withdrawn. Brilliant enough to tackle her work, she kept herself busy all day but when she returned to her bed, everything reappeared.

Days passed by, months too and six more years, the pain was deep, wounds were scarred, the heart had turned to become stone. When she could not take it anymore she stood at the balcony on the top floor and looked down and thought, “Is it worth it?, What if I end up not dead and dependent on others?, would that do anyone good, would that do you any good?” Sana looked up to the heavens and then to the zenith. When she was hung up on her smallest problem which seemed enormous to her, the zephyr brought in the glimpses of the possibilities that she could ever come across.

Selfless was Sana and now selfish enough for her own good. She decided to step down and from that moment on she strived to live for her own happiness.