#NaPoWriMo2020 Challenge Day 3
An old man walks down the street.
A street which isn’t the same as it was 20 years ago.
He looks around as he takes a stroll under his umbrella, thinking…
“Everything has changed”.
…
The same amount of heavy rainfall, pouring down the skies.
The skies which are the same saddest shade of blue, or black, or maybe both, he thinks,
“But besides that,
Everything has changed”.
…
Small houses demolished; buildings that touch the skies take their place.
The people who originally lived here fret over but also somehow get along with the immigrants, thinking…
“Everything has changed”.
…
The old man continues walking, passes by many shops, restaurants, cafes, candy stores on the way, taking in a different fragrance with every 5th step of his way, remembers his childhood.
“There used to be very few places to eat out back in those days; that too with much less variety and so little confusion!
But now…
Everything has changed”.
…
The old man sits on a bench alongside the road, tired of his walk, mesmerised with the current state of his whereabouts.
Mercedes, Jaguar, Audi, Range Rover, and whatnot branded cars drive past him, the traffic which has drastically increased on the road irritates him.
The whole change in the scenario from 20 years ago of this neighbourhood frightens him.
He longs for his home, back in the countryside, where he finds solace.
But at some point he thinks, “There too…
Everything’s going to change”.
I hope you keep reading…
… the blue diary xx