Keep Calm

I had come quite some distance now. I just needed some air to catch before setting off again. When there is an adrenal rush, the body reponses of fight and flight are heightened. The senses become acute and we just focus wholly on that one thing, that important thing you want to do. And at this point of time, I just wanted to get away. And i did get away. Away and away and away. And after the hormonal rush subsided, I was tired. Mentally and physically. I lost count of the posts i had passed in a hurry to get away.

As I slowed down, i realised I was almost at the outskirts of the suburbs. Matter of time before dusk broke into night. Not that i am afraid of the dark, but that if I down due to exhaustion, I needed to ensure of having a roof above my head. I stopped at the next bus stop and took a bus into the city. I feel safe in the bus. Safer and confident than i felt in the past few days.

I alight at last station and change buses to reach my work place. My workplace, my lab, is haven for me. Its a place am im control of. I dont have expectations to meet, there is none to compare me with others.

Dr Asmitha, thats who I am. This is my identity. Like my name pronounces, I shall maintain my dignity, my pride and my self respect.