The Vagabond

Chapter 1

When time just storms away from ur life and you look at the remains standing on the shore after a recent high tide....when things are clearer through eyes washed away with tears...when its all new....like a new bud blossoming, like a rainbow after the drizzling, in fact like a new episode of the boring soap opera taking a generation leap...
.New means Hopes...New means fresh start...a whole new chance of survival!
When life starts afresh...it has hopes, dreams, and a positive attitude!!
There she stood at the shore, with sand passing through her hands like the time that had passed from her life!!!"can it be undone?" she asked herself in vain! With heavy steps she walked along the shore with memories of the sea in her mind, sea that was now serine after the storm!! It looked so innocent!! as if it never made those huge, destructive waves at all!!
But the stunami of destructive waves was still on in her heart and mind!!It had destructed her very existence!! Why was she like this??well no one had an answer!!
 Vagabond?? was she just that? maybe for the world who was on its usual job of analyzing, yes she was a vagabond! But there were minds who could understand...well no...no minds could understand her...it were hearts that were attached with her who understood that there was much more to her existence!!
"Come back, you've gone too far" he was calling out to her. yes she had gone too far and going ahead was dangerous, coming back  to him, to safety was necessary!! He came and held her hand tight, was it an assurance of saving her from those big waves?? They kept walking making footprints on the sand...she could understand the silence, in fact now she was used to understand his silence!! Why does one not value what they get?? she thought !! Or is it that if your need is water, nectar is of no use to you?? But then why doesn't she desire for nectar when all the mortals do??? She desires dreams...dreams of pastures, farms, waves, sea....her world was so different...
And it had costed her dearly, to be different!
To accept challenges was not always bravery, sometimes it was foolishness...and with her it always turned out to be so! All challenges that she fulfilled and won actually gave her suffering! Why does one not learn fast? or is it that learning is really a lifelong process?? Why was she always that stone on which others stepped on to their success??
Mistakes, mistakes and more mistakes...she could summarize her life into these words!
Splash...a big wave came towards her and he pulled her back! Back from her thoughts her dreams...
"Isn't the sun beautiful??"
Setting sun was the most common element between them...they had witnessed and discussed many sunsets together! Specially the sun setting in the sea!! It amused her how two different elements united to give such a pretty picture on the canvas of the sky!!The fire finding peace in the waters...it was so fantabulous! She tried to reach for her camera...but her hand was stiff! he was still holding it tight!! He loved to do so!! It was the only expression of his never ending love for her!! Vastness of the sea was meager in front of his love for her!!His ways were silent but feelings very strong!! Soon the sun immersed into the sea and she in his arms, to peace!!!

Chapter 2

"Can i come with you?"she asked her cousin sister."Of course not! kids aren't allowed in our college function!
"Let her accompany you,she gets bored here"grandma as usual took her side.
"Here you are read this magazine,its so interesting"Aunt Mini recommended.She was soon flooded with suggestions from her other aunts and cousins,mainly with the intention of avoiding her.
"Raj, are you coming to play??" Raj's friends were calling out to him."In a minute",he rushed through the room pulling her hand, and in a second, they were both out in the backyard of their house playing marbles. Raj was her only cousin who would be eager to include her in his team.Being of the same age they bonded well.Till she was seven and her father got transferred to Mumbai, she had just two things to do in this big joint family of hers...play all boyish games with Raj and his friends, and read magazines!!
Mumbai a place where things change in fractions, was not the same then back in seventies.
People still took note of their neighbors.
 Coming from a small town, she actually got lost in this new abode.
For people here she was a strange creature who couldn't speak their language,wore outdated clothes,and played games that were meant for boys!
Her strange ways were unaffected by the new environment. But now she was lonely as Raj was not with her anymore to give her company. With the positive attitude that was natural to her, she moved ahead the journey alone. Experience is the  treasure that all find in life!!

Chapter 3

A wild flower has a natural instinct to attract the bees,not for its beauty alone but for its uniqueness!!
The wilderness gives birth to many such flowers but only a few survive in the unfavorable circumstances natural to them by birth! She was such a wild flower that survived in the soils of the decorative pot,but couldnt get the bright and bubbly colours that were otherwise natural to her.With wilderness buried in her heart, she accepted the polished ways of the city and started blending herself into the atmosphere. Uniqueness is always an attraction for the common. Her uniqueness stood apart in the crowd and many were attracted to her. A soul as simple as her couldn't realize the price being paid for the same!
And then entered love!! The void created by Raj's absence gave place for tender feelings for Bob. He was 10 years older to her. But that never mattered to her, infact she dint even realize that he had his own world! She kept meeting him whenever she could. Bob was first confused about her,after all she was just a school going child and he a collegian.But her ways couldn't keep him away from her for long. And that was the first ever feeling of love in her life! Dreams of eternity were seen, just to wake up to reality!
Devil can't dwell for long in good people's mind. So it happened with Bob. He realized and more so accepted the truth. One lazy afternoon while they were reading together (which was their common hobby), he cleverly discussed it with her. Holding her hand he told her "What we feel Is right Baby, but wrong for our situation.You have to travel a long way of life and I am sorry I cannot accompany you on it, for our ways are different."  Did that hurt her?? Maybe it did! But she smiled and said "Wait till I finish school. I bet on it, I will get married to you and then nothing can separate us."
He just laughed at her childishness and wished from God to give her the best in life!! And the journey continued. A bright student was she, with hopes in her heart she went on to top in her academics making her parents proud of her!! Did they ever know what battle she fought alone?? Does the wind or the wild know what happens to the flower??!!!