Ek raat pehle woh sula rahi thi usko, bade pyaar se haath sela rahi thi
usko, uski favorite kavita suna rahi thi usko, apne dil ko sukoon ka
pyala pila rahi thi woh Khudko. Maa hain woh, pyaar ki na keemat na uska
tol koi kar pata, lekin agle din Jo hua, uski gunj be zindagi ko mar
dala.. She : "Okay come home now, it's time for dinner, Aa Jau jaan
ghar Aa Jau jaldi, nahi masti nahi, beta kal school jaana Hain na"..
He/she : " Nahi ammi kal nahi, thandi Hain aur Mujhe Khelna Hain,
homework kal karunga/karunga ammi".. And she tickled her blood one last
time as she got them back home, they sitting nicely, waiting for food to
be served," Ammi kal tiffin mein Mujhe kheer dena, Mera favorite aur
mere doston ko bhi pasand Hain. Ammi khaana do bhoook lagi Hain", and
she serves them like blood serves the heart, a duty, but beyond that, to
keep herself alive, they were her mirror, which made her shine like the
night kite.. And they sleep beautifully while she watches them breathe
one last time, what did she know, tomorrow would be a different bed,
they buried, they swept away like that tide.. Every breath they miss,
she frowned that night, she didn't sleep easy and woke up with a sound,
the alarm rang strangely that day, she gave it a thought, but never
mind, "Chalo uth Jao, school jaana Hain, Chalo Chalo Chalo and she
kisses them like the rain kisses the ground.. The daughter looks pretty
with the bow attached, her uniform cutely worn, frock like, moms
princess is all set to detach.. Pony tails two, hair oiled and face
wiped with some powder, her heart never felt that tender ever, what a
sight.. Her boy with that soldier cut, young and brave, wanting to share
the kheer with his friends, his socks up high, she tucks his uniform
into his shorts neat and fair, tying his shoe laces his water bottle
overflowing with water, just like her heart, when she even let's them
away for a days quarter.. And she goes back and looks at the both of
them, stares like a mother would, they're her oxygen, her skin, her
follicle of hair.. Deep rooted in her, she suddenly breaks with the
noise of the bus and they run and she sees them one last time, with
energy aplenty, they run, they run.. ANDDDD.. It's afternoon as she
switches channels on TV, her heart skips a beat, she shrinks like that
leech.. Those eyes cry a river, as she screams and runs to where they
were shot, children lie like bullets in a desert, unmoved, bloody and
out.. She sees them both, who she readied for school today, "ammi kal
school nahi jaana Hain" these words ringing like that bell in her
brain.. Motionless, she stands, emptiness brimming up, numb hands, numb
hands.. She falls like that pin, besides those two, howls like organs
getting pulled out of her she has no clue, on what happened and why do
they lie here, but they do, bloody, dirty and soulless.. She holds the
daughter in her arms, adjusts her bow, and yells out loud, the son can
hear it, oh he can, but he's not getting up, someone wake him up,
someone for god sake wake them up!!!!!!! They're my children, they're my
air, you took away my swords and now I lie lifeless like a soul with no
chords.. She buried them besides each other just the way they were
twins born, her cradle cracked that day, and today she's life with no
song.. ( On a personal note I cannot imagine what went through their
minds, and I can never reach there, but the agony is uncalculative )
I end up with tears in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteIt means a lot to me, as a Pakistani. I was just a fan of yours, but now after reading this, I've special respect for you now. You really are so pure at heart. In this piece of writing you've described the true feelings of a mother, her suffering her love for her children.
ReplyDeleteI can't unsee what I've seen on my local news. The blood on the walls of the classrooms, the school shoes soacked in blood, the books with red ink and the pile of small bodies.
They were killed brutally, teachers were burnt alive. I still get shivers from the thought, although a whole year has passed.
A year and more has passed by since the dreaded day and this still stirs up the soul.*tears*
ReplyDeleteA year and more has passed by since the dreaded day and this still stirs up the soul.*tears*
ReplyDeleteEyes are welled with tears.. We can't even imagine what their pain was.. To see their life lying lifeless
ReplyDeleteNothing to say...only eyes filled with tears...
ReplyDeleteYou have a way with words. The way you pen down emotions is beautiful. Please keep going..
ReplyDeleteHow are you Karan????
ReplyDeleteGet well soon....
ReplyDeleteThe most bad memory... Which is never fade away being a journalist I must say that time I have no words to convey.. The most unforgettable memory
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