I wrapped it in multiple layers of amber satin.
I put it inside a wooden box.
The one gifted to me by my grandma.
Beautiful walnut wood.
Her initials on it.
Then I took the box and buried it deep. As deep as I could dig.
Deep till I felt it could not re-surface.
But today it did beat.
And made itself heard.
To break the comfortable silence  we had cocooned ourselves in.
I let it beat.
From its shaken core..
a volcano erupted.
The molten lava burning my cheeks with passion.
There is a need to panic,
to ring the alarm.
For a fire has been re-ignited.

Natascha Shah is the Editor of http://tlfmagazine.com/ . Having graduated from the University of New South Wales, Sydney with a degree in Literature and Journalism, she worked as a journalist for four years and then felt the need for unrestricted creativity beyond formulaic writing. Thus TLF was conceived. And yes, she believes, every moment in life is worth tripping on.