Saturday, April 28, 2012

The empty chair

The sky was dark, so was the room,
There sat a man in despair and gloom
He was counting seconds which were long.

His chair was broken so he had to balance his weight. Happiness had died. The sound of a running tap was bothering enough. He couldn't hear it but while writing I could. I sat there watching his stillness. He didn't tremble. I wished to see him move. His eyes were moving but meeting no one else's eyes. His throat was moving but there was no voice. No one came to get him for some time. His heart was beating. I could sense it. The wait is the hardest. It's not the physical pain that made him numb. It was the end of his existence. The priest came to him and started chanting. He was not listening. No one was listening. Finally they came and took him. He struggled a little,  little more, more. Every one was watching his desparation. I shifted my eyes to the empty chair. I sensed the death through that empty chair. I kept looking at the chair. I could feel the tension shift from him to the chair.
After two minutes people started murmering. One more convict came with the gaurds. He sat one the empty chair. He looked through the window at the ground.I looked out too.
The sky was dark, so was the room,
There sat a man in despair and gloom
He was counting seconds which were long.

Lame story 1

Anant was a young boy living in small town called ajgar nagar. Ajgar nagar was famous for its pythons . There were pythons every where . It's adjoining town was kutta nagar. Kutta nagar was famous because of its dogs.
Anant was 13 years old and was scared of pythons . He wanted to leave his home town and go to kutta nagar because of his love for dogs. People of Ajgar nagar were not allowed to enter kutta nagar and vice versa because of an old rivalry which had caused the partion Ajgar nagar from kutta nagar.
One day anant decided to run away from Ajgar nagar to kutta nagar to get rid of his phobia. He planned this trip with his best friend jagat, who had agreed only on one condition that anant will play with him every day.
One morning both anant and jagat packed a few essential things and started there journey towards kutta nagar. On there way they met vishela Baba who was the priest . They tried to avoid vishela Baba. They looked at him. They were trying to behave normal inorder to avoid any question, but Baba was shrewd. He knew something was not right. Baba asked the boys to help him setup a statue. The boys were reluctant but they agreed. While setting up the statue Baba asked the boys three questions.
Q1 - Do you know what you want from your life?
Q2 - What are the benefits, the world can derive from your life?
Q3 - why were you born?

Anant and jagat had no answer. Anant's goal was to reach kutta nagar because of his hatred for pythons and love for dog. Jagat's goal was to just play with anant everyday. They had never thought about their inner self. They were too busy exploring there selfish motives through which they can take as much as they can.

Ps: not many of us believe in giving something to the world. All we want is to gain. The day each one of us will start to add something. Society won't be divided into parts because giving will bring you closer to yourself and to the world.