Photo by Khurram ZulfiqarHide & Seek
You just never know what you may find in other people's Orkut albums. Friends, family, celebrities, art, porn, your ex, your ex's ex and even yourself! The latter of which can be traumatic as your friend would have probably chosen your most horrific photo and would have captioned it "BaaaSt FriEEAAnD".
But sometimes, you find something so disarming that it leaves you a little bewildered. I found a tiny close-up of my childhood in my friend Khurram's album. This beautifully taken photograph of a vibrant wildflower that grows in Islamabad. They grow in damp dingy corners. In those perfect places where I used to hide when I played Hide & Seek when was a young enough to play Hide & Seek. Not the Hide & Seek we play it with exes, lenders & dissertation supervisors; but the one we played when we were 10 and counted to 10.
Yes. I remember; Hiding in the bushes and finding these dainty little flowers scattered in grassy shrubs amongst which I used to hide. I always thought they looked like splatters of colour on the grass that mother nature left behind when she was painting herself. I guess that is how I remember my childhood as well. Splatters of beautiful colour that I left behind as I paint my life, hiding & seeking...
Let's just see how long it takes till I am found.
