Bliss

last week, my mind was a little too turbulant. felt the thoughts were having Re >6000. not that, i have laminar flow of thoughts always, but this time the turbulance was different. felt, this has to be cut or this will tear me apart. as my cousin says, that my ideas are generally insane, so was this. decided to go home ( i do this almost everyweek end and this is perfectly sane ) on my bike (done this almost 15 times now - pretty sane) at night ( now, this is what ppl termed as insane ! ).
left my place at marathalli at 7 PM only to find that ring road had a big jam, extending till HSR layout. if i had a loaf of bread, there was ample of jam. jokes apart, the traffic condition was pathetic. somehow, managed to reach the junction of mysore road and it was 2115 hrs. 2 hrs 15 min for a 27 km ride. phew, was sweatting and loosing patience, big time!
highway was pretty cool. riding in the dark ( done this before on a 4 wheeler ) is nice. cool breez soothes. it feels awesome.
i reached maddur at about 2230 hrs and it was pretty cold. hands were too numb to press the clutch. so, stopped for cutting chai and there it was - power cut ! that made things better.
all alone in the highway - my bikes headlamp is the only source of light - sky is overcast. things went on getting better. wind speed started to increase, only adding to my pleasure. followed by brilliant flashes of lighning and suddering sounds of thunder. just imagine - dark road, overcast sky, not cool breeze but brilliant gale, sense of being pushed aside, streaks of lightning ahead of me and wet road in front of me. i felt am chasing storms. completely drenched by then, owe it to showers accompanied by hailstones. for the nth time, i realised the importance of the wiper on the visor of my helmet.
amidst all this, i was feeling happy internally. all the turbulance had subsided. all the things were sorted out and things were in places. this type of happiness is what i usually long for. i generally get this when am amidst nature and when nature shows itself in full form. be it clicking or be it riding - i find this happiness and i long for this. there are not many times i have found this type of happiness. so i call it "bliss".
reached home at 2330 hrs, drenched and tired. got warnings as to not to try for this type of happiness again.
i do not plan to ride this way in the near future.
but, what a ride !!!
personally speaking , jo bhi tha, accha tha !