elusive

I get on the bus, walk upstairs and find myself an empty double seat. Second from the front. I lean back and press the shuffle option on my i-pod. Can’t really decide what I want to listen to. My mind drifts away, my thoughts are random and so I relax and enjoy the ride.

A young couple is sitting right in front of me. She has fallen asleep at the arms of thee. It’s time to get off though and she is rudely awakened. I turn my attention to the street outside. A bunch of drunken girls are singing and a homeless person is abusing them as they walk in front of him. They say something back and he tries to get up. Suddenly their boyfriends appear from the other side and they aggressively attack the poor guy. One of them hits him and he falls right back down on the road as the bus slowly drives away.

I shake my head in regret.

Then I notice that she is now sitting in front me. The couple got off and she got on. She looks calm and collected. She is hardly wearing any make-up and elegant simple round earnings are hanging from her earlobes. She is really cute and I am completely concentrated on her when a song called ‘elusive’ comes on. I love this song so I max-out the volume. I am really enjoying this so I start whispering the lyrics…. ‘she said my destiny lies in the hands that set me free..’
I really don’t have much of a voice so I must sound awful. But who gives a fuck anyway, i am really enjoying this.

In her hand she is holding a notebook and a sharpened pencil. I lean forward to see what it is that she is writing.

‘my destiny lies in the hands that set me free’

-It’s Scott Matthews; the song is called ‘Elusive’ i scream with my headphones on. She turns around and she is smiling.

Artwork by Athena K.