WE ALL HAVE OUR OLD MEMOIRS , BUT IT DOES GET’S LOST IN MIDST OF THE TURMOIL OF DAILY RIGMORALS. AND IT REMAINS A GOSSIP AMIDST FAMILY GATHERINGS AND STUFF.
SUCCESS OF ANY RELATION IS BASED ON FAITH.BUT WHEN GREED AND HUNGER FOR POWER AND MONEY TAKES IT TOLL EVERTHING BASED ON FAITH COLLAPSES LIKE CASTLES OF SAND.
I GREW UP IN A VERY DENSELY POPULATED AREA, IT WAS A TOLI AS WE CALLED, IT HAD ALL THE SHADES OF LIFE. THERE PEOPLE RANGING FROM BUSINESSMEN TO COBBLERS & BANKERS TO CARPENTERS, ALL LIVING IN HARMONY AND PEACE. IT WAS LIKE A BIG FAMILY . WE ROLLED IN THE MUD , PLAYED IN THE GUTTERS, LIFE WAS NEVER SO MUCH FUN……….
BUT TIME ALWAYS BRINGS THE U NEXPECTED.
AMIDST FAMILY CRISIS AND DISPUTES OVER LAND AND MONEY WE LEFT THE HOUSE………… AND SUDDENLY A LITTLE BOY WAS SNATCHED FROM HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH HAD BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF HIM……..
IT’S BEEN A FEW YEARS THE LITTLE BOY NOW A GROWN ADULT VISITED THE PLACE ONCE AGAIN. WRETCHED AND READY TO COLLAPSE ….. TAKING IT’S LAST BREATHE & ASKING MANY QUESTIONS TO ALLL THE DWELLERS OF PAST………… BUT NO ANSWERS BECAUSE
WE HAVE ALL BECOME DEAF……….
HE STOPPED FOR A WHILE TILL NOSTALGIA ENGULFED HIM INTO IT’S DEEP ARM AND TOOK A FORM OF A TEAR DROP…. IT STARTED IT’S JOURNEY FROM THE EYES , TRACING DOWN THE CHEEKS AND TOUCHED THE GROUND……
IT MADE A LITTLE NOISE AND FOR A MOMENT IT SEEMED AS IF WHOLE HOUSE HAD COME ALIVE……
THE NEXT MOMENT HE FELT THAT IT WAS NOT HIM BUT THE DERELICT HOUSE ASKING HIM ALL THESE QUESTIONS & ASKING FOR HELP :(
“ I’M A LONG WAY FROM HOME,
SO LONG AND SO ALONE
HOMESICK AS I’VE NEVER BEEN TODAY. “
-- BOB DYLAN
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