When I was a kid, I lived in a town and was termed a human.
But when I grew up I found myself in a jungle.
Am I still at the same place, was what I first thought
Yes was the answer that I got.
So... what has changed from then to now?
The story starts: She was an innocent prisoner, a victim of circumstances, a victim of this cruel, canny world and was serving her sentence in a prison awaiting execution. He was in the same prison, about to be freed and he met her one day. He saw her innocence, he deeply thought of what she termed as a crime. 'No', he said, 'you ought to be free'. He decided to set her free. He fought for her and the doors of the prison were opened for her but she refused to be freed... She denied to come out. But the man was determined to set her free, he did not give up, he had to take her out, he broke all the walls of the prison, he was fatally wounded by the time the last wall was broken. She was sitting at the same place unmoved and she screamed at him, "Whyyyyyyyy? Why stranger.......... why you? Why..... when because of whom I am here, he never cared to bring down the walls.... why you?" For the last time his dying eyes met hers and he said .................. T...
The fact that then you were innocent and now you no more are.....'cause you have grown up.
ReplyDeleteexcellent question. let me know if you find the answer :)
ReplyDeleteYou reminded me of an old post wen I was stuck up with the same question. I intended to discover the change that creeps in the vision of a child of seven to a young girl of nineteen..
ReplyDeletethe same tym an year back!
Huh, tym flies...
http://gazalbharadwaj.blogspot.com/2009/07/with-this-post-i-intend-to-discover.html
This made me feel sad about growing up, for some reasons. Regardless, beautiful words as usual.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...a few days back i was trying to find d answer to dis same ques in my poem 'lost is the child'..havent got d answer though.
ReplyDeleteWhat has changed? - The fact that from the childhood you are living life only now you became aware of it ......
ReplyDeleteDon't question ... Create answers
Don't be aloof ... Embrace life
It has looooot to give ... n u will fall in love with this jungle too !!!
An adult is insecure. Hence scared and laws of jungle apply to him.
ReplyDeleteWhat has changed?
ReplyDeleteEverything and nothing.
Go figure. :)
There is no answer to that question... :(
ReplyDeleteNice. I like it.
yes sumthin has definitely changed.....is it my delusion.....probably not.....it may b eyes looking at a situation....but interpreted differently "ILLUSION".....d innocence of a kid wud nvr ever see d humanity which is lost (not applied 2 those kids whose childhood has lost due 2 fading humanity).....its just as we grow up outlook changes....n den dis question arises...
ReplyDeleteI alwys remember wen thoughts n Q abt humanity cums up...1ce my teacher Q us...wat wud u call Mother Teresa s nature of caring,helpful,loving....many of us gve innovative adj as superhuman,angel,heavenly.....he shouted NO,DIS R HUMAN QUALITY...truly we hve forgotten...how we shud b? n wat we r??
nyc
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