It is strange, the things you assume when you befriend loneliness. You hear the whisper of trees and assume that the mist is their breath. Sometimes when the dew sparkles from the green bed, you assume the sky has fallen. Near the noisy stream you paint strong currents on the surface with your eyes you assume there was a quarrel and an exodus. The garden in your backyard with its pastel colours you assume it is a painting, you assume that the rains won’t wash it away. When each day begins you assume you will be lonely but then you are not. You have your assumptions.
Nikesh Murali has served as managing editor for The Pointer (India), online editor for The Tabloid, editor for the Niche anthology series: Books 1& 3 (United Kingdom), staff reviewer for E-book Reviews Weekly (Canada), chief editor for the university literary magazine The Litterateur (India) and is currently editing the Bilingual Poets Series for Ibex Press (Buenos Aires). He has also worked as a columnist for Castlebar News (Ireland), Romanceatitsbest.com (United States) and Useless Knowledge (United States). His first non-fiction title, The Atheist’s Handbook, will be published by Farce Books in November.