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A Memorable Experience                                   was a sight that comes back to me every time I close my eyes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 That garden of heaven was definitely enchanted...it wasn't real, either I was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 hallucinating or certainly dead. I pinched myself, it hurt; ummm…. still an
                                                                                                                                                                                       Can the heart take this stress, fluttering like a bird...? Poor thing…hard at   out-worldly tingling was spreading wildly in my heart, my thoughts. It was
                                                                                                                                                                                       work in this adrenaline rush! I could feel it pounding my eardrums but I didn't   inexplicable.
                                                                                                                                                                                       have time to calm down. The beauty that was so beguiling just an hour ago
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 I felt dizzy and when I woke up the piercing sunlight blinded me and I heard
                                                                                                                                                                                       seemed to be haunting now. I should have been more careful but love makes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 acquainted sounds. My friends had found me, and they took me to the camp.
                                                                                                                                                                                       one reckless and now I was on my own, deep into the woods, just before
                                                                                                                                                                                       twilight was about to swathe the world into a hollow and frigid darkness.  Till date I'm not sure if what I witnessed in the silence of those woods was real
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 or just a dream. Whatever it was it became my happy reverie forever. There's
                                                                                                                                                                                       It felt like eternity but I know it was just over an hour; that I was admiring the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 one thing I learnt and I truly believe after that magical experience: There's
                                                                                                                                                                                       moss-covered forest floor that was emitting this intoxicating earthy aroma, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 magic all around us; maybe, within us too. There are beautiful angels, fairies
                                                                                                                                                                                       sunlight  piercing  the  green  canopy  overhead  and  I  with  my  friends  was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 and other messengers of Almighty and Humanity who guard us at every step.
                                                                                                                                                                                       waltzing around the brown maze of trees as if I knew them like the back of my
                                                                                                                                                                                       hand.                                                                     Every morning now, I wake up with gratitude in my heart. I remember the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 fairies and say few words of thanks and a prayer for my guardian angel.
                                                                                                                                                                                       I was missing him but the signal was so poor that all my texts were pending...I
                                                                                                                                                                                       was so much into my phone that I didn't realize when I went off track but
                                                                                                                                                                                       when I looked up, I was all alone in the middle of nowhere surrounded by huge
                                                                                                                                                                                       trees that now looked monstrous and the only sounds, no matter how much I
                                                                                                                                                                                       focused, were the whistles of the wind and songs of the wild.
                                                                                                                                                                                       I tried to call out my friends but it was just my own voice that ricocheted.

                                                                                                                                                                                       Night was creeping around me, enveloping the woods, altering the ambiance
                                                                                                                                                                                       drastically.                                                                      ~ Tanu Vermani Kapoor ~
                                                                                                                                                                                       On the verge of tears, scared to the core... I passed out. Not aware for how long
                                                                                                                                                                                       I stayed in that state but when I regained consciousness, it was a sight that I can
                                                                                                                                                                                       vividly recall to enjoy till date.

                                                                                                                                                                                       Initially it was all glittery and sparkly and I thought I died. All around me were
                                                                                                                                                                                       soft feathery flutters; I rubbed my eyes rigorously to be assured that what was
                                                                                                                                                                                       in  front  of  me  was  truly  unbelievable.  There  were  millions  of  fairies
                                                                                                                                                                                       surrounding me. Totally mesmerized with the beauty of those translucent
                                                                                                                                                                                       wings and beatific hues...those tiny creatures were totally magical. They were
                                                                                                                                                                                       all conversing but it was not audible. I think they were worried about me. It


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