End of a Beautiful Journey

Life is always such a roller coaster ride. You never know when it would go up or down, you sure do feel scared but the excitement is such that it makes you ignore this fear out.

It’s not always that it would go up and high, sometimes it just goes down, deep deep down. The depth is so fierce that it petrifies you and scares you like hell.

TIME always take a toll on relationships, no matter how much you try to make yourself believe in Forever, but there is nothing called forever, it neither did, and nor will ever exist. It doesn't matter what forever we are talking about, time changes, and so does the span of our forever.

“Dear Best Friend,

I had to write this to you rather than speak it to your face itself defines how sharp the turn life took. Time is a ferocious and a scary thing. It is now that I fear how the time changes, from the times when I used to freely text you, to the times when I often delete what I write, from the voice calls to the formal texts, that too wondering if you would be free enough or would have a minute or two to spare.

I am more than amazed on the fact, that how you now need proofs to believe me rather than my words, it’s as if they held no importance, anymore!! More than that, the fear of losing you scares me, the fear of losing US... Everything is just slipping away from my hands and I can’t save it, no matter how much I try.

Relationships are made up of straw, losing a single strand, could lead to the downfall of everything. It takes a lot of time and the effort for the bonds to grow, rather it never ceases to grow. I never knew that a small rainfall would be so fierce that it would destroy the shelter we made over such a long span of time.

It is now that I realize how weak everything had been. How eternity and forever is just an idea in the world of fiction, there exists, no such thing in reality. Only if life could give second chances.....

Nevertheless, I will always love you and you’ll always be there in my prayers. Have a great ahead.

Love,

BFF ♥ ”

And that was how the story of the three best friends ended, no explanations, no demands, just THE END.

FEAR

'FEAR' such a small word it is but has a greater effect.

Oh my dear child self

What on earth do you fear

I fear the unknown

The large mighty bear

There is this fear engulfing my heart

Everything in my sight appears dull & dark

All the previous fears have returned

More mightier and more unknown

Behind all those masked smiling faces

Who knows what actually relies

There might be an evil steering clear

Desperately trying to jump out into real

Underneath my bed

I shall always check

There lyes some hidden truths

And some pretty mighty lies

These rains are scaring me

Spreading uneasiness around

Water and water is everywhere

Be it the rain or the tear

SALUTE: Nation's Pride

This post is dedicated to all the mighty Soldiers of the nation, who happily sacrifice their lives, so that we the civilians can live happily and safely. No matter how hard the conditions are, be them the climatic ones or at the LOCs and BORDERs, they win over every situation, the uncountable sleepless nights that they have spent for we could sleep properly; the festivities, the celebrations, they sacrificed everything and never let go their LOVE FOR THE NATION. A big SALUTE to all those HEROES, tales about whom are often unsaid and unheard. A big THANK YOU to all of them. You guys are always there in our Prayers :)

When the clouds of the pain,

Gather around you and drain,

Remember, I am there somewhere,

Not letting the pain near..

When the darkness is so persistent,

And so are the evil chants,

Just look upon for me,

I am always there, have FAITH in me..

When the enemy is big,

Powerful and undefeated,

Remember, I am over there,

Fighting the 'I M POSSIBLE' fear..

A new sun is meant is rise,

A new hope is meant to shine,

For protecting and loving the fellows,

A new SOLDIER is set to be born..

No matter how hard it is,

Summer, Winter or Rain be it,

I am standing over there,

Decorated with golden flair..

No, I am not a white knight,

I am the SUN so bright,

Power, Pride and Independence,

In my nation, I am called a SOLDIER..

Every minute, Every breath,

For the nation, I haven't slept,

Fighting for your pleasant nights,

No matter black or red..

My nation will always prosper,

Engineers, Scientists, Doctors and Philosophers,

We are gonna be the Number Ones,

We, the INDIAN SONS!

We, the INDIAN DAUGHTERS!!

(Originally the prompt had been a sun rise scenery, but the rising sun reminds me of the rising hopes and the patriotism of the National Army.)

REVENGE

‘A seven letter word filled with one color of life: Black’

In present world, people have become really short tempered and egoistic. We don’t see any healthy fights or competitions these days; rather the emotions are over shadowed with hatred, jealousy and anger.

Is this ‘REVENGE’ so important to us that we could go beyond all the limits for it or it’s just to satisfy our personal ego? The consequences of the harsh steps taken in service to this word are hardly thought about.

We nowadays are just concerned about ourselves. Our happiness, our success, our sorrows, our anger, our revenge, but what happens to others is of no concern to us. Right, we've always been self-centered. The true essence of humanity: ‘WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER’ is lost somewhere deep.

Everything that we do either satisfies our soul or our immense self esteem, henceforth blurring the thin line and leading to our ego.

I often wonder why revenge is so important to us? I mean where are our original humanitarian values? Forgiveness? Mercy? Why is ‘me’ so much prominent that we can cross any boundary?

We often suspect people retaliating back with the acid attacks, sexual abuse or abuse over internet. These all are the results of ill-channelized anger and frustration one bear inside. They could have talked and tried to sort out the issues and had let go of the ‘WRONG’ they think someone did. After all, nothing could be more important than a person’s life?

Sure their anger is relieved and a sense of satisfaction might fill up their throats. These so called revenge seekers must have never thought about the trauma other person has to go through just because of their momentarily anger. Those people are the ones who face extreme hard situations in life. Be it being termed as a ‘victim’ or a ‘survivor’, getting imprisoned in one’s own home, bearing the sympathetic glances of the fellow people, the after effects haunts them, FOREVER!!. The physical injuries often heal with time, but the mental torture, the psychic trauma remains for an extremely long time. Life could even become a living nightmare for them.

I believe ‘Tit for tat’ is an utter non-sense. World could not survive if we always go on to keep a count of the things that does not please us. Sometimes you just got to ignore things, DELIBERATELY!!

“FORGIVE- not because others deserve it, but for yourself and your inner peace, and FORGET- not because it didn't matter, but because life is too short to brood over the past”.

Let your mind get some fresh air and some space to free itself from all the negativities and hard feelings for the fellow humans.

The most astonishing question that I had been thinking is ‘WHAT AFTER REVENGE’? What do we get? Absolutely Nothing! Shit! People might really hope to get some sort of peace and happiness by ruining someone else’s life but they won’t ever be able to square their eyes with themselves or with the almighty.

Well let me tell you all, this is just a sham. “WHAT GOES AROUND, MIGHT NOT COME AROUND for someone else” , you can change it with mercy and forgiveness.

RENDEZVOUS

‘If there’s an answer, he’d find it there’ was all that Praniel kept murmuring when he

got up, after having a dream.

“What is it? Did you have a bad dream?”  his wife asked before she saw his face, all sweaty and amazed. He had that unique smile on his face and seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.

“What is it?” she kept asking him again and again, and it took him a while to come back to the reality, out of his mental trance. “What has occupied you? And what is with this smile? It’s half past four in the morning Neil, what’s wrong? Tell me!” she asked, after all what do you expect from a wife, who has woken up in the early morning from her deep sleep because of her husband’s dream, to find him lost in his own world.

“I saw someone. Someone all glowy and had a certain persona, a unique charm about himself.”

“Okay. What did that someone do?” she asked further.

“He talked to me. He opened the door of my mind, and just like that, all my faith, believes, dreams, and hopes came rushing back in.”

“Okay. That’s nice, I guess” she replied perplexed.

“You do not understand Myra, he talked about all the complaints that I ever had, all the difficulties I ever faced, everything. He just knew every damn thing!!”

“Okay, I am intrigued now. Tell me more, could you?”

“You know how the past years had been. I had many questions that I used to ask from the almighty and would always wait for his one response, for if only once he could answer my questions, solve my problems, clear out all my doubts. I had this deep faith in him, that he’ll answer all my questions for if he has blessed me with this life, he would also help me to make it a heaven to live and enjoy.”

“Go on, keep telling. I am all ears for it” she said. This had really fascinated her, she was a believer herself, that the almighty will answer all those silent prayers they ever did, all the questions- the answers to whom they were searching, one day, maybe, someday.

Getting his hint, Praneil continued with his dream or for that matter his confrontation.

“Last night when I slept, I had a week moment, moment when all I could focus on were the answers to my questions, I had been engaged with my silent talks with him.. All I thought about were the times, times when I had tried to be happy again, times when I thought to let everything go by, the time that slipped right from my hands and I could do nothing, absolutely nothing to make my way back up, again!! All I sought was, if for once he could either take all the pain away or give me the strength and the power to deal with them and some answers along with it.”

“In my dream, I found myself in this place, it was illuminated and pleasant. I heard someone calling my name, and felt myself attracted towards that voice and kept moving in its direction. It was enthralling.”

“It lead me to a place, place where there was silence, deafening silence, yet it soothed me and calmed my soul. And there it was, a figure of a man, standing by a huge waterfall. He welcomed me with both his arms open and his voice seemed delighted. He had his back towards me, I was afraid, as you are always afraid of the unknown.”

“What happened after that? Did you see his face or anything?”

“I asked him, who he was and where I was. He turned around and I saw him. He looked just like me, exactly same, just like a shadow self. So I asked him how that was possible, to which he was replied that he was me, a part of me and I was a part of him. He said he was part of everyone around here, in this planet, and everyone is a part of him. He said he’s the creator, the survivor and the destroyer, THE ALMIGHTY!”

“I was confused earlier, for a minute, but after that, I was astonished. I was believed the teachings of my religion, that god is in everyone, even in me; but when I saw him, for myself, out there in front of me, I was pretty happy, who won’t be? It’s not every day that you meet the god, is it? But more than happy, I was mesmerized by the aura he had around him. Each and every inch of my body was at peace in his aura, he radiated happiness, peace, love and care. I felt like a kid again, who returns to his mother after fights, or in search of serenity. Just like a child, I ran, ran towards him, covering the distance among us, and fell into his arms, and he, he just stood there embracing me, allowing me to let go of everything that has ever bothered me. Like a mother he swayed my hair, kept his hand on my head and filled me with rejoice. When I looked at him, I found my entire world in him.”

“Being in his arms, at peace, felt like an eternity, an eternity of vivid peace. When all my inhibitions died, I decided to ask him the answers, answers to all my unsaid questions, to all my unheard poems.  He sure did mention that when nobody could hear, nobody could see me, he was there. He was there with me through everything, he heard all my prayers, he felt all my tears and wept with me, that in this journey of life, I had been never been alone. It does not matter that I was not able to see him, but he was there, in my faith, my beliefs, and in my hopes.”

“Being the god, he definitely knew how to play with the words, yet give you all that you ever wish for, but only if you could understand that.”

“You know, he answered my question in such a simple yet an elegant way, he said, ‘I am a part of you, a part that resides inside you. I had always shown you the two ways: one that is right but difficult to follow, and one that is wrong but is luring and easy to go on, when you came across the problems. It was entirely on you to decide, for what path you were gonna take. You would have run from all your troubles had you chosen the easiest path, but you choose the difficult yet the correct one, it had been full of ups and downs, I know that, but at the end, you passed through. Consider it as a test that life put you in, and you excelled in that, you didn’t cheat to avoid sufferings or the pain that followed. Rather you faced it, straight in the eye. You are brave my child.’ ”

 “I asked him that if he wanted me to choose the right path, why didn’t he just show me the right path that I need to follow? Why create two paths and put a person in dilemma, for that would have always led to pain, pain of failure if the wrong path was chosen, and as for the right path, they had to walk on thorns. Does he love me less than the others? But then he replied, ‘ I love each one of you equally. Life is not a bed of roses, is it? There had been a reason, for every thorn that prickled your foot; it had a lesson to teach. Moreover, I am inside you and I would have never let you gone onto the wrong path. So, whenever you face any problem in life again, always remember, ‘I right inside you. So, if there’s an answer, you’d find it in there’ ”

'If there's an answer, he'd find it there'