As a massive project finally ended
After hours and hours
Days and days
And weeks and weeks
Of burning the midnight oil
And sacrificing a lot of things
Including some precious sleep
I had a normal weekend
For the first time
In what seemed to be light years
However, it was as ephemeral
As a spell of rain in summer
No sooner had the weekend ended
Than I had to start another project
Mercifully, a smaller one
Moreover, I was battle-hardened
The earlier project proving to be a blessing in disguise
Equipping me, as it did
With some much-needed confidence
Thus, for the first few days
The going was smooth
However, as the cliché goes
All good things come to an end
With every call I made
I became more and more confused
Errors began to creep in
My newfound confidence began to waver
And the pile of work in front of me grew taller and taller
Till it outgrew the Burj Khalifa
As I looked at it
My head started spinning
My eyes almost popped out of their sockets
My teeth began to chatter
My arms began to flail wildly
And my legs began to dance in all sorts of directions
In a final bid to regain control of myself
I somehow managed to reach out to my desk
And grabbed a bottle of water
With great difficulty, I managed to open it
Only to clumsily spill the water all over myself
Miraculously, the lukewarm water managed to bring me back to my senses
As I heaved a huge sigh of relief
And collapsed on to my bed
My only thought was
“Will I ever get a break?“