Alisa Maya
19
Student
Aspiring writer

I'm Alisa Maya and I hope to be a published writer someday. For now I try to read and write as much as I can between school and spending time with family and friends. I started this site because I have a lot to say about my experiences and those of the people I know. If you have something you'd like to say to me, drop me an email at alisamayar@gmail.com.

A modern "coming to know" story

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 • 8:36 PM

A modern "coming to know" story

A persistent awakeness of mine brought me to know of his final sleep.

 From the dim glow of an iPhone screen, a photo from the Facebook profile of the minister.

A few quick scrolls and the news reports let me know that it was confirmed. It was 4.20a.m. What does it mean to know things in the twilight hour?

25 minutes pass. Nothing seems to have changed. I am waiting for something to happen.

It is 4.45 a.m.  I look out and from my bedroom window I see the first train depart from the berth.  It is a new day.

Tributes in black and white will light up all screens for the next 7 days.

But at 4.45. a.m, just that while before all the people know,  everything is as it always has been and always will be. 

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