Every beginning has an end, I
have been told a million times. I dreaded my beginning. Not because I dreaded
my end; but, only because, I wanted my end to be special, unlike my
predecessors, who got lost in the journey, unacknowledged or brushed off.
Whenever the time came, all of them gathered to make their beginnings and I
prayed to God, to delay the start of my life. While some of them laughed at my
cowardice and some of them whispered about my selfishness, only one other of my
kind stood by my side and told me she understood.
I read her heart and
understood that she too had apprehensions about her beginning. When I stretched
out my hand to her, she held it tightly and whispered softly to me “I,
unlike you, do not care about my ending. All I wish is that I am one of those
reserved for happiness. I hope I am born out of happiness!” She is indeed
special, I thought. I knew none of us ever knew the reason behind our births.
It was the part of the wicked game, god played. We were there just to serve one
sole purpose- act as per the heart’s wishes.
Yet, we dared to dream and
hope and wish - she for her dream beginning and me for my dream ending. The
others laughed at our stupidity and some cursed our selfishness. But I, went on
doing what I always did- wishing that the heart and the soul would understand
me. Amidst this, she, the happy one, stayed by side. There were times when we
both hugged each other tightly, praying that we would not be the next ones to
go. I had grown to love her, and she me; but we knew we could never be
together. Both of belonged to somebody else. Until the time came, we promised
each other that we would be each other’s company. While we sat waiting and
praying, we saw many others take form of their lives, fulfilling the purposes.
We would too, one day; only that, it would serve our dreams too.
Unknown to us the day arrived.
My new life is nothing like I
imagined. I knew it would be short a very short journey to my end. My only thoughts
were of my ending, hoping that I would get what I had prayed for. I waited, not
wanting to leave my cradle and the beautiful brown that I engulfed. The world
outside was bright and I felt warm. I was alone with no others of my kind. I
could feel myself swelling up and I knew my end was near.
Before I knew it, I was
diving downwards, leaving a trail. As I journeyed further on the smooth
surface, I looked back to see a beautiful flutter and I fell in love with the
heart that commanded me. How foolish of me to have thought of my ending, this
journey was enough. My life was worth every tiny second that I lived. I thought
of my companion wishing she would love her journey as much as I did. Was she
just behind me or was her time a different one! Of this, I had no idea. I
closed my vision and braced myself to meet my nearing end. I sparkled one last
shine, waiting to hit nothingness.
**
“Now that you are mine, I
wish you heart would never experience any pain. And if it does, I promise, I
shall kiss away all your tears starting from this one”, the
man told his newlywed wife, looking into her tear filled brown eyes adorned by
thick black eyelashes, as he pressed his lips against her cheek, where the lone
drop of tear rested almost about to fall. The prayers were answered and the
tear was indeed special, the first one to be kissed by a loving heart.
The woman's heart swelled
with happiness and out came the happy tear sparkling,tracing the same path as her companion to unite with him.
The two tear drops served
their special purposes along with fulfilling their dreams of beginnings and
endings.
***