Take me home, Country roads

Four months of exile in NCC made her neutral in the heart & pale in the face, where she turned into an intense thinker. Who would have guessed that she was merely 13. Today, she’s returning home. The train was scheduled to arrive at six forty five am at the Jodhpur Junction. Her face was getting ridiculous and threatening, as the train moved further. The train will be reaching the town in another 5 minutes. The fellow cadets were hugging each other, marking sweet goodbyes, exchanging souvenirs and making promises to meet again. But she was lost in her own world, as if someone held her soul & she’s tolerating the clutch. She got up suddenly and walked towards the door. Her expressions were dead as she footed on the train's door. People thought she is gonna jump off. While the wind kept moving leaving the tracks behind, she stared blankly at the missing poles. The train changed its path giving a slight goosepinch to the kids, as if it's gonna leave the tracks any moment. The fellow mates got tensed, though nobody dared to come close to her. The train had already entered the junction yet to slow down. The instructor makes up his mind to rush towards the door to stop her, but the girl's neutrality keeps him engaged with his thoughts. Before anyone could make an effort to pull the girl back, she jumps off the train.

The passengers run towards the doors and the window to see the girl. It felt like they all lost their five senses for a second. Everyone stared at the hanging girl. She was hanging in her father’s neck, hugging and kissing him, crying and hugging back.

It looked like a valley of heaven, as if they were meeting after many worlds had walked past them.