They told me that the man once lived here.
But all I could find in this world, is just the shadow of a man.
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...
Sigh. That's because he is the wrong man. You'll see the right man in his full might once he comes along :-)
ReplyDeleteThink about it....
ReplyDelete"IF YOU COULD FIND THE SHADOW,
YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT
FOR SHADOW IS CAST UPON THIS EARTH ONLY FOR THERE IS THE SUN
REMEMBER
THE SAME OBJECT CALLED THE MOON
WHICH CAUSES THE ECLIPSE
SHOWS ITS ILLUMINED PHASES
EACH DAY IN DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS.
MAN IS SO MUCH THE SAME.
WHAT MATTERS IS
THAT WHICH CHORD OF HIS
IS STRUCK WITH THE MUSIC OF COSMIC ENERGY
WHICH PHASE OF HIS IS REVEALED, AND WHICH HIDDEN BY HIS OWN SHADOW."
Got reminded of Shri Harivanshrai Bachchan-
है चमकता जो सितारा, वह प्रभा से हीन होगा।
बढ़ रहा जो चाँद नभ में, एक दिन फिर शीण होगा।
शीण होगा पूर्ण फिर से, म्लान फिर द्युतिमान होगा।
भ्रांत इस आवर्त में ही, विश्व जीवन लीन होगा।
किस विजय पर ढोल पीटूं? किस पराजय पर धुनु सर ?
रात-दिन सा जड़, नियम से बद्ध पतानोथ्थान मेरा।
रात-दिन सा जड़, नियम से बद्ध पतानोथ्थान मेरा।
@Raajii & Gazal- the irony here is the dark side of a man is so prominent that it takes the courage of out him, and he becomes a mute spectator..
ReplyDeleteDeep thoughts
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of finding someone, yet having one's expectations flipped in the face of reality.
ReplyDeleteTo have a shadow, a darker version of one's self... It's almost as if some small thing which lights all others is lost, and I think that's a tragic and beautiful truth you've managed to put forth in such few words.
@Michael- I love the depth of your words... you complimented it so well, that you left me speechless now.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he is just lost trying to find a way back from the dark into the light but the path seems to have vanished and now all is just but a silhouette!
ReplyDelete@Fatima- that's a devastating situation, he has to find his way back somehow
ReplyDeleteFew words express a lot! Powerful.
ReplyDeletesuch deep meaning the photo and the lines u have posted below have..
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