There I walked, towards the bus stop after work. From afar, I saw the bus reversing into a parking. The light breeze breathed on my skin and the sun was warm; my lone shadow silhouetted against its light. It was a quiet afternoon. Where was everyone?
Half a meter away from the bus stop, a crash thundered and I looked up. Facing the enormous back of the bus, I saw it colliding into the roof of the stop. As I retracted my steps, the glass within the frames of the stop shattered into pieces.
Turning back quickly, I feared the collapse of the hovering frame.
Distressed, the driver came down, his hands cupping his face, "What happened, mate?"
His rhetorical question was answered with a nonplussed look. I could hear my heart, still beating within my chest.
After he cleared up the mess (sweeping the glass pieces away from the walk path), the bus took off. At 4.23 pm right on schedule.
The ride home was filled with silence; intensified by the resonance of what happened in my mind. Maybe his too.
I said my usual thank you before getting off, aware of the hint of discomfiture, on Bill's face.
Half a meter away from the bus stop, a crash thundered and I looked up. Facing the enormous back of the bus, I saw it colliding into the roof of the stop. As I retracted my steps, the glass within the frames of the stop shattered into pieces.
Turning back quickly, I feared the collapse of the hovering frame.
Distressed, the driver came down, his hands cupping his face, "What happened, mate?"
His rhetorical question was answered with a nonplussed look. I could hear my heart, still beating within my chest.
After he cleared up the mess (sweeping the glass pieces away from the walk path), the bus took off. At 4.23 pm right on schedule.
The ride home was filled with silence; intensified by the resonance of what happened in my mind. Maybe his too.
I said my usual thank you before getting off, aware of the hint of discomfiture, on Bill's face.
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