DO IT YOURSELF

I guess I have always underestimated the power of distance. For me, distance has invariably been horrible or something that one would do to punish their loved ones. Or maybe since I resort to means like that, I consider it to be a horrid thing. As it turns out, I was just not introduced to the perks of distance and its tormenting charms. No, really! There is a thing like that, and you wouldn't understand its crazy existence until you experience it. Everyone is a victim of bad forms of distance but the good forms? They come in time, and in lots of forms. The good, amazing distance comes in the form of meeting a certain someone after a really, really long time. When I say really long time, I do mean a 'really long time'. The remarkable and yes, the good distance comes in the form of sharing your chocolate cherry cake and hot chocolate on a rainy Monday. It might totally come in the form of conversations and vague music playing somewhere in the background which doesn't bo...

You come into the world with nothing in your arms, You find the meaning of life in melancholy and the joy of living in love. All by yourself, stumbling upon places and people you carry within. You fight the demons of your life, sometimes with a friend by your side. You are taught different things, but your experiences remain to be the greatest of your teachers. You come into the world with no survival kit in your hand, You understand the way the world lives. Even worse, you understand it  by failing. You learn that you don't come out of a battle without a few scars here and there. Never place your trust in the wrong hands, you are told. But you misplace it. You squander it. You come into the world with no plans in your head, You stand tall beside your literary heroes, you chase the evil with the superheroes in your heart. You walk the cities with your little heart on the sleeve and go everywhere you feet take you to. You build your home in the darkest hours and you walk...