Melodic Journey of Train!

It was the cold and foggy evening of December when Bella was traveling by train.

She was going from the hostel to her home town to spend the weekend.

She was an adult girl of twenty-three years old. She had an attractive appearance with grey eyes.

Bella was charming though, putting on spectacles with brown shiny hair looking more attractive.

After completing graduation, she was doing her degree in Philosophy from the University. She took on a local train which was three hundred miles away from her native town.

She used to come at home on every weekend. So, she is just riding back home on train to meet her family. Trains always fascinated her since her childhood days.

When she was young, she used to run to watch a train because the sharp horn of train used to make her crazy and forced her to run.

It was not her first journey on train, but still she was super excited. It was a very long and exciting journey. Earlier she had travelled short distances by trains but this was her first long journey by train.

Train can carry thousands of people in one go. It is equipped with several amenities like food and tea stalls, toilets, ticket counters etc.

Railway station is full of hustle and bustle all around. She saw a man reading his newspaper, a woman drinking her tea, and another man talking to his wife.

The station master blown the whistle and her journey began.

As, she seated on the window side, she looked out the window of a train having a last sip of coffee and reading a good poetry book in her hand.

The train is moving from station to station to depart and carry the passengers and goods.

The train is surrounded by vast range of mountains, the way is flat across the dales and gulches.

As she looked out the window, she witnessed lovely, dark and deep woods.

A cool breeze blown on her cheeks gently and lifted her hair in the cold air.

She breathed deeply in the fresh, cold and clean air.

She was very glad and excited to see fishing villages, beaches, fields, gardens, brooks, birds, animals, pastures, swamps, farms and the farmers.

In the mid way, she saw birches bending left to right like someone’s been swinging on those massive birches.

She had been stopped by woods on a snowy evening in her imaginations because she is a great lover of nature.

She felt attraction towards the woods which are restful, seductive, lovely, dark and deep like deep sleep which make her oblivion of everything.

She felt to be lulled to sleep.

She wanted to be a swinger of those birches, being weary of these worldly considerations, like she wanted to get away from the earthly materialistic life.

The scent of nature drowsing her off and dreamy. Essence of winter sleep is on her she felt sleep is coming on her.

She was so focused that even she forgets her own self.

Her imaginations fall back on.

She was spellbound by the sight.

As she was spellbound she didn’t realized at which station the train stopped and a young guy Hazel entered in the train.

Hazel was a young boy of twenty-six years old. He was a tall and wide boy. He was handsome though with blue eyes and a little beard on his face.

While moving ahead, he saw a book falling down.

He picked it up and spoke, “Hello, Lady it’s your book?”

He spoke and broke her from her trance.

Their eyes met for just a second and Hazel smiled while looking at her, instantly she kept her eyes down and took her book from his hand.

Bella said hesitatingly, “O’ yes it’s mine.”

She Said, “Thank You!”

Hazel said, “You are the most welcome!”

She smiled to see him and again started to view outside the window.

Hazel also seated beside the window in front of her.

Hazel looked outside the window and looked towards Bella once more.

Hazel asked her, “What time it is by your watch?”

Bella replied with scarlet enameled finger nails, “There are ten minutes to six o’clock.”

Hazel by adding it to more asked, “If you don’t mind to answer, where are you going?”

Bella told him that, “I am going to my home to spend the weekend.”

Hazel replied, “O’ well, i am also going home to spend the weekend because i am doing a job in another city.

Bella asked him, “What kind of job?”

Hazel replied, “I am working as a commando in The Pakistan’s Army Special Service Group.”

Bella was so amazed and overwhelmed to know that because she always idealized the “SSG Commandos.”

Bella replied him, “Wow.., Good to know that you are a commando!”

Both looking back each other while smiling and it seemed that both developed a good familiarity with each other.

As Bella often looked outside the window of the train, Hazel asked, “I think you are the great lover of nature?”

She said, “Yes, i felt serenity and peace of mind in the lap of nature.”

Bella said, “I get my self healed and lighted when i am with the nature.”

Hazel told her about his native village, the very simple and natural life of the rural people.

Hazel and Bella have superb execution and a lovely blend of great artistic craftsmanship.

Hazel share that, “World is a world in which men sit to hear each other groaning, only nature can heal and lighten it.”

Bella said , “Yes you are saying absolutely right!”

“Our life is like a pathless wood!”

Bella wish, “to forget the bitterness of this earthly existence, she just wanted to fade far away from these worldly pursuits and duties.”

Despite their utter despair both didn’t lose heart and remain unsubdued and optimistic.

As darkness prevails, full moon appeared on the sky.

Hazel and Bella were gazing at the moon and it seemed that moon is too smiling and happy behind the trees.

Outside it was getting dark, darkness overtakes them, they regret that they can’t go deeper into the nature, they were halted by approaching night and their destinations.

The station master blown the whistle for the passengers to depart.

They just wanted to reach stars but vast empty dark space stands as a wall and stopped them from reaching stars, this is all they sigh.

Bella said while looking at Hazel, “Good-bye!”

And she departed from the train as she reached at her station.

Hazel feel alienated strongly by her departure.

But Hazel kept himself calm by recalling the sweet reminiscences of Bella and nature.

It was one of the memorable train journey of Bella and Hazel.