He waited and she came. Today, he waits and he will still be waiting… The train has taken her somewhere he cannot follow. To him, the world moves past in silence. He has never questioned this envelope of inquietude, never probed how it came; how it was formed. Its all around him, stretched and clung to his skin - he is alone in these barren grounds. He is desperate to escape. To her, the world swings past noisily. Beneath this deranged intoxication, lie her emotional ruins and her dark secret; she struggling to tear out of it, waiting for someone to take her hand and run and run. To them, the world is a different world. They board the train and flee, hand in hand. The silence around him becomes real when she has left. He becomes aware. It is no longer in a piece, but sliced, and cut up into moments and moments. Every waiting, silent moment without her. Perhaps others will only devote a moment of silence but he has a lifetime of it, inexhaustible. Escapism monopolizes the inclinations of leads and strangely, that is the common attribute that pushes them onto a train journey that has helped them to redefine themselves and has opened up the possibilities of love and hope. A Moment of Silence is a subtle and poignant scrutiny of a day, a day after the day as a young man is left behind to grapple with the memories and grief.

Forms: Experimental, Narrative Fiction, Short
Genres: Drama, Romance, Independent, Art
Niches: Asian, Student, Youth/Teen