Cloudy

You ever wondered why the clouds get so dark n all gloomy but there is no sign of rain yet? Kinda like the time when you see the signs of an something that you've been waiting for to happen, but it just refuses to take place..

Like this one time, I was gonna see a boxing match in college. You know, the usual departmental fights that take place in any college in Chennai. This was between CSE & EEE departments. There was a bunch of guys who I was with, cheering on the confrontation, being the hypemen to the performers. And boy did we expect the fight to settle all scores.

4 pm was when it was set to happen. A crowd of about 20-30 folks from each class gathered up at the basketball court. It was kind of like Rocky with our pony being the Italian Stallion. The clouds started getting grayer, the mood very gloomy, the looks on the faces one of tension like the roof of our house will fall anytime. The guys arrived at the court, gave a long stare at each other as the crowd cheered on. We were about to witness the first fight of our college lives.

And then it happened. Some lousy guy had ratted on the event to the security guards & they barged in. Now these guys were clever. Suddenly from nowhere a basketball was thrown in & one of the boxers picked it up. They then started playing one-on-one. What was supposed to be the fight of our lives, was changed into a boring basketball match. The guards were baffled. So they just drove everyone away, "Go to class" they said.

A ray of light swept the court. The sun had come out again. Everything seemed happy again. The fight was called off and for some vague reason, it never happened again. As before, the enemity between us computer folks continued with the electrical guys. Atleast for another 2 years.

We had just been robbed of something spectacular in our college lives. Somehow, we assumed the fight would have happened & our lives fulfilled if it had rained instead of the sun coming out again. To this day, when I see the clouds getting gray without any sign of rain.. I look up to the sky and ask "Why?".