'Empire State of Mind'...

Once I'm gone I know I am going to play 'Empire state of mind' over and over and reminisce with this place- Copenhagen- and  miss it like you miss an old lover (another city makes a place in my heart after my very own Bombay..). The times I spent here walking around the streets watching people..the chatting-with-beautiful-strangers..the walks to the metro station early morning everyday to get to my new workplace, under my pink umbrella in the rain. The elderly handsome colleague I'd developed a secret crush on. The young colleague Omar who became almost like my bestfriend-ish bud in no time and the afternoon luncheons with him at the office cafeteria. The elaborate Danish menu. The bus rides, the train rides. The missing-my-station-and-getting-off-a-station-later-and-then-missing-my-station-again and then going all the way back to the starting point..and then finally making it to work. These and so many other extraordinary experiences which cannot be summed up in just few mere words I am going to take back with me.

Memories going to sweep in like the beautiful maple leaves gently sweep over a pathway in autumn...and I'm going to find myself caught up right at the center of it all - in a reverie of emotions felt in the spheres of a dreamy reality long past..

I, by no means, mean to sound pensive. In fact, I want these memories to live on in my heart and fuel the anticipation for  creating many other beautiful ones as I travel ahead in this fascinating journey called 'life'.. 

It may seem a little funny ,though, that I should associate "Empire State of Mind" to Copenhagen considering the song actually pines away after NYC, (and considering there is actually another beautiful song already that titles 'Copenhagen'-by Tina Dickow). But I heard this song for the first time one late  evening, on the radio in this very city and the song had a beautiful haunting melody to it.. and it echoed just perfectly with my pondering heart.. in the silence of the night and stuck with me forever..