As The Lights Changed From Red To Green
A thousand heads surged forward; whizzing at electric speeds past the assemblage of dense trees,
A thousand mouths heaved a sigh of relief; releasing tones of frustrated spit imprisoned inside,
A thousand fists punched free air; pounded the vibrant space around in unmatched exhilaration,
A thousand eyes glistened in happiness; oozing out tears of unsurpassable joy,
A thousand hearts throbbed thunderously; executing several beats at a time,
A thousand legs kicked gallons of loose mud; probed forward in unrelenting euphoria,
A thousand tongues swished in boisterous fervor; expressing tales of new found adventure,
A thousand lips opened in volatile fury; with exultating sounds of complete triumph reverberating loud and clear through the atmosphere,
A thousand watches ticked astoundingly fast; increasing their pace infinite times more than usual,
A thousand armpits diffused an ocean of sweat; with each droplet trickling down; merrily under the austere and blazing Sun,
A thousand fingers rose animatedly towards the heaven; thanking the Almighty lord in unanimous unison,
A thousand ears sprang up in stupendous arousal; regaining back their ability to trace the most minutest of sound; a thing which had relinquished for the last few minutes,
A thousand shirts suddenly started to flutter passionately; gaining momentum with each slap of vivacious breeze,
A thousand pair of hair stood up erect in alacrity on the scalp; with all the dreariness encompassing them; now disappearing into invisible wisps of oblivion,
A thousand bones commenced to dance in ecstatic jubilation; suddenly retrieving back their energy after long minutes of boring rest,
A thousand veins transported blood faster than the shark; augmenting its supply to the heart; thoroughly charged by the noise of unruly traffic and stridently
clanging horns,
A thousand bellows of smoke escalated ferociously towards the sky; as motion began once again with unprecedented ardor,
A thousand wheels gushed forward in uncontrollable anger and respite; as the accelerator was squeezed incorrigibly to its maximum limit,
And strangely but profoundly true; the reason for all the above pandemonium was an almost inconspicuous movement of the traffic bulb; which had just changed from red to green.
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Submitted by nikhilparekh on September 28, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Characters | 2,266 |
Words | 347 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1 |
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