Broken Dream

Broken Dream

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…Tale as old as time


True as it can be …*


My ear plugs told me, as I was making my way through the Japanese folklore. I could vividly see… I went on sailing through the tempestuous sea. The waves of which were well adored with fringes of water itself. A breaker of the huge stature literally took up my ship and placed on an incognito isle. The specialty of this isle was, it has got a range of mountains on it. Though the beach side was devoid of population and vegetation, but the mountains were well populated. They seemed to be multi-storied living complexes, during the day time; the mountains seemed to be of mundane origin. But, under the dark veil of night, the small huts gleamed like decorative lights adoring the folds of the mountains. It seemed like a constellation, that was descending


sloooooooooowlyyyyyyyyyyy and …


“Should we got for dinner?” the afore mentioned picture died out almost immediately after this random interrogation. And I turned back to find my room-mate, giggling and asking “Where were you lost? Anyway it’s already 10 O’ clock…let’s go for dinner.”

That is how I realized; I was no sailor on an adventure, but a student, interning over a thousand miles away from home. Longing to get back to my hometown!


The Japanese Folklore has always attracted me. I believe, Japanese Folklore and Indian Folklore, bear a lot of similarities.



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