Let The Sun in, Buddy!!

It’s a new day, a new morning. The sun-rays shone upon him finding their way through the window. Boggled, he opens his eyes, from the weary sleep that sings to him a lullaby every night.

He will today appreciate the rays of hope I bring into life every day, whispers the sun happily to himself. He will stand by the window, enjoying the cool breeze I blow onto him, rejoices the wind. He will admire my beauty; the shade I provide to the house, says the tree laden with fruits in the garden. He will listen to me sing; mesmerized by the melody he will sing along, pronounces the bird merrily.

Eagerly, they all wait for him to reach and shower him with the gifts of hope, love and life. Alas! Opposite to what they longed for, he closes the window, draw the curtains and let the darkness settle in!!

I like it this way, I like this gloominess, he murmurs. He solaced himself like a slaughterer falsely consoling a chicken, ready to be assassinated.

A young, handsome, well built man. Yet he carries a world of wounds inside.

“The universe wonders what he has taken into stride,

An epitome of pain, a surreal mystery,

He wishes not to cure the injury”.

Is he happy or just too comfortable, in the shell he has built with his own hands? Squeezing out every drop of liveliness from within, he waters his troubled soul and the ever-growing resentment. He nurtures the pain hidden, with his own forced smile.

How are you keeping, asks life to him that day. I am okay, he replies. You are too harsh, too difficult, yet I survive. Before life could say more, he shuts his ears unwilling to listen, unwilling to let things alter.

As life sadly leaves through the door, she vows to come again. The sun continues shining, the tree lovingly present her fruits to the world, the birds chirp, the wind blows rattling the window.

The disappointment people give, the hurt, indulgence in attachments foster have scattered his zest to be happy. But one day he will appreciate the beauty around; one day, he will be him again. And the wind continues blowing, rattling the window!!!