When all the stories, thoughts and choas in me sleep I try to overhear stories around me But it often happens to me The moment I want someone or something The whole universe seems vacant With no one around besides the whispering leaves The roads running marathon The clouds tired of handling the mood swings of the sky From blank to cloud to dark to blue and shades of rainbow The chairs in the cafe stand empty But when am accompanying someone They too are busy hearing the gossips of the crowd I walk out of the place The vendors seem busy to narrate The bus doesn't halt to carry me It just comes, releases the smoke and leaves I stand there still Staring at the lady covered by fabrics Those eyes look around but seem strange behind those masked faces in scarfs The men around are stressed to talk of the hard day again The kid awaiting his school bus is annoyed and sleepy for the lessons till 6 But the teen girl besides him is busy shying and smiling to the cellp...