Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Short story about a young Ghost

Death struck him suddenly in all its cold bloodedness, when he was barely 24yrs old. Therefore, what is there to write about a young ghost who has not seen much in life, nor in death? It was an unfortunate evening, on a late winter when death visited him. So unfortunate was it that the death anniversary comes once in every 4 years. No one knew about his death, not even his closest souls. How could they have? - For when he died, neither the earth shook nor the sky fell down. In fact so silent was his death, that there wasn’t even a whisper.

Yet so great was his obsession for life that he continued to live even after his body petrified and all the elements of his body had been assimilated in nature. Thus, he continued living among people with such skill that few ever realised that he is a phantom!! Death changed nothing - except his pride. In fact to his surprise similar things kept happening to him even after death as they were happening when he was alive.

May be time flows in a circular fashion or in his case - it was only a matter of "old habits". So while he continued his search for truth, beauty, love and justice - and kept indulging in activities like: reading, writing, cycling, net surfing, & spending time with friends. His friends both old and new kept claiming - his honesty, loyalty and adaptability are some of the qualities that make him adorable - the way they were doing while he was alive. But after a while he realised, death has given him an ability to see - past / present / future as a single unit!!

Thus these days he introduces himself as "I am the Dream I am the reality I am the temporal I am the eternity - I am the devil I am the divine - I am the confusion I am the solution" - I am just me!! – a soul Living on the edge ~ committed to all yet connected to none. Do I have any dreams or hopes no one would ever know!! But my dear never say or feel sorry for this young ghost because there is no room for sorry for a man who has ever been in "????".