Epiphany

He started rolling a joint. This would be the last time, he told himself. He would quit after this one. He looked at his reflection in the mirror. He needed a shave. People had started pointing at him and laughing of late and it was beginning to bother him. He was making a mental note of all the things he had to do. He stepped into his bathtub and took a drag. Slowly, he drifted into the state of bliss, his favourite feeling in the world. Too bad it would be for the last time, he thought. It was slowing his progress down and he knew it. He started playing with his toy ship and tried to drown it. But it kept bouncing back up. He noticed that every time he pushed the ship down, the water level rose. It suddenly hit him.
"EUREKA", he screamed and ran all around town, naked.
He then came back to his house and rolled up a joint. This would be the last time, he told himself. He would quit after this one.

P.S- This is obviously a work of fiction. No offence intended. 

A memory

I saw her for the first time in the park. So many years have passed but I still remember every single minute of that unforgettable morning. I was sitting on the grass beside the bench after my usual walk. She settled herself down about 10 ft away beside the other bench. I couldn't take my eyes off her. She suddenly looked up and our eyes met. I looked away almost immediately. A couple of seconds later I slowly glanced in her direction. She was still looking at me. I turned my gaze away again. I looked at her again and she was still looking at me but I could sense that she was not angry. I smiled weakly at her. She smiled back. I started playing conversations in my head. I obviously didn't want to sound stupid. After gathering enough courage, I decided to go up to her and say something. I did not know why, but I couldn't move. I felt I was being dragged back. I turned around, only to find my master tugging at my leash. It was time to leave. I barked in sadness, but to no avail. He marched out of the park and I was dragged out without a choice. I turned around and saw her staring at my helplessness. I could tell, that she understood. Our eyes met, for the last time.  

Run for your lives

I ran as fast as I could. I had to, I had no choice. Any moment now, I thought. I was waiting for an idea, a spark, anything. I was desperate to find a way out of this. About fifteen minutes and a few short cuts later, I had escaped. But not for long, I knew. I stopped under an old banyan tree and decided to take some rest. I was woken up by the sound of something creeping its way towards me. I started running again. A farmer spotted me running and asked me what the matter was. "Ruuuuunnnnnn", I screamed. Before I realized, he picked up his 2 year old son and started running alongside me. Twenty minutes later, I was running with about fifty people or so. Every time I had a lead on them, I rested and waited for them to catch up. This went on for an hour until we passed by a sage's ashram. He asked us to stop. Almost all of us screamed "Ruuuuunnnnnn" in unison. He asked us to calm down and asked us who we were running from. All those puzzled faces looked at each other until one of the villagers finally pointed in my direction. "What are you running from child? Who are you trying to evade?", the sage asked me. "I am running away from reality", I replied. "Ruuuuunnnnnn" screamed the wise sage and all of us ran as fast as our legs could carry us.