Cries of lonely mind

Quite a respite after a quiet first shift at the job. Summer is signalling it's arrival with piercing rays that seem to get hotter by every day. Soon, the nature will hand over plants it's greenery which was held for ransom. Winter's over. Wrong time to buy jacket perhaps? Heck, I have money and will spend. Atleast I have the dignity to spend it on striped jackets rather than strippers.
I am enjoying the weather sitting quietly at the 6th floor, surveying the things around me for no apparent reason and listening to iPod. It's funny how songs control your mind when it's perfectly still. Every song prompts the mind to enter into a new realm. It wanders with every song, holding hands with the memories that are glued to it. Our mind is a funny thing. It precisely desires things that are or will be dreadful for you. Sinful desires perhaps. I love those sporadic black outs of mind when you simply don't think about anything. Isn't it amazing not to think about anything? No worries, no quarrels with your friends, no Oh-my-god-I-have-to-finish-this-homework, no will-she-say-yes?, nothing at all. May be that's the only time when my mind is truly mine. How fascinating it is that the web of social connections that we make, weave itself so tightly around us that we forget whom it is weaved around. We forget ourselves. Then we tweet, update status and post pictures hoping people will like it, people will comment on it and will have a good laugh. Then we start doing things that'll be worthy of few likes and comments. These social bonds become heavier and heavier and when we see no responses, we grow restless. Put on another status message to see how they react. Delay in response, pops up frustration, anxiety. Should I post the pics of that drunken party? That was some crazy night. And we start spilling the beans just to see if any monkeys eat them. We forget the word privacy. When we were young, we fought with our parents to give us some space. But soon, my space becomes a social stage where we dance like puppets for the amusement of the people in our friend list.
We must control our mind. Have you enjoyed sunset or sunrise recently? or have you heard chirping birds? Walked your dog? Talked with your parents or cousins or the ones with whom you haven't talked for long? Have you gone out for a long drive alone to explore new streets/eateries or just to have a talk with yourself? Or have you just stood still, enjoying the clear sky at night? The moon, Ursa Major, sirius? A 15" screen is a part of your life, not the whole of it.
You live only once. Don't live for comments and likes. If you die tomorrow, you'll still find people to Like it. But very few people to mourn. Think.