Monday, August 07, 2006

a tiny boat in the stormy sea

I am beginning to see our lives as tiny boats tossing and turning in an infinitely stretched ocean in a dark, cloudy, stormy night. The mighty waves push and hurl our boats here and there and all that we are left to do is merely to come to terms with the vagaries of the wind and accept it as the reality of our lives. Why does reality have to throw us apart everytime it lets us meet? And why do we meet if we invariably have to be thrown apart by a sadistic stroke of reality? I helplessly see my boat being taken away. I look at my friend boats with longing eyes and slowly they become smaller and smaller in my eyes. Long before late they'd fade in the mist and vanish in the vastness of the ocean. Again I'd be left alone with the continually shrinking memory of past in the cold, dark, tempestuous future. Again I'll look for other boats in order to steal some moments of warmth in the eternity of icy isolation. And again I'll take out my two cold palms and rub them to get some warmth out of them.

8 comments:

  1. Well, that's the key. Your two cold pams shouldn't ever lose the ability to produce warmth on rubbing them. That's all you can rely upon, perhaps!

    -- Akshaya

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  2. Perhaps this may give you another jump towards the truth..

    yatha prayanti samyanti

    sroto-vegena balukah

    samyujyante viyujyante

    tatha kalena dehinah

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  3. Akshaya

    Why some boats that are apparatntly far are closer than those that are seemingly near?

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  4. anonymous

    Thanks a lot for that push. Reading your comment gave me immense joy and peace of mind.

    Keep in touch.
    -Abhishek*

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  5. I liked your writing very much...

    This one not only reflects the truth about life, it is also very touching...

    Likhte jaae...

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  6. Sindhu

    Thanks a lot for your encouraging comment. I will surely keep writing. :)

    -abhi*

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  7. u r an amazing writer...a deep thinker..n a great soul...that too at such a young age..u'll go a long way...all the best..n keep posting..will chk again..

    hv become ur fan..truly..

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  8. Thank you for every word you said. I wish I could become what you think I am. Amen. :)

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