Preparing food..

Ahh... there she was preparing dinner.. or rather just started preparing...

Standing in front of the stove...facing the window above the stove...the window is closed..as it might attract the flies n bugs its warm and dry outside... its hot inside but also bit humid... Cooker is about to whistle on one stove... the other heating the pan... the heat is palpable... cooker is hissing with steam adding more humidity. ... dough is being knead with bare hands... apron is avoided to make the heat bearable inside... just the dress  with the open neck...
The beads of perspiration have formed on the forehead... all around the face and the neck... the hair is bit dishevelled indicating the amount of time spent in front of stove... dough being knead and ocassionally the forearm swung to wipe the sweat on forehead...just spreading the sweat across the face..generating a infinitesimally small cooling effect but the perspiration building again... a small hint of familiarity behind the shoulder.... small napkin slowly collecting the beads of perspiration from the forehead...down to the cheeks and then to the neck... a cool feeling spreading across with comfort... a smile slowly appears... turning the face slowly.... in contact with the other eyes prying above the shoulders... the smile spreads... the face looks above in the eyes..moves ahead... instead of face...moves ahead towards the shirt on the breast.... slowly nudges...brushes the nose on the shirt wiping out the missed bead of sweat...
Both smile.... eyes smile... all is understood...with the world none wiser. ...

How I wish. ....how I wish.... this could have  been a familiar scene....
Just how I wish...how I wish...