Dear Maa,
I am your child and you made me what I am today. You taught me lessons that do not exist in any textbook. Lessons that are learnt only through living life.
“You are a girl,” you kept reminding all the while. You spent hours teaching the goodness of selflessness, more so because I am a daughter in this world.
You started feeding me with tales of everlasting love. Of the Prince who would come in his shining armor to rescue the hapless Princess. Of happy endings where people lived happily ever after.
And then I grew up believing in them. I kept looking for my own happy ending. I too believed that nice things do happen to nice people. I patiently waited through all hardships of life. I took them all with the belief that “this too shall pass”.
But reality has been something else. The turbulence never seems to end. Each day I wake up thinking today will be different.
Mom, why didn’t you tell me that fairies never exist? Why didn’t you tell me that dreams never come true? Why didn’t you tell me that happy endings are not for real? Why didn’t you tell me that no good is waiting even if you be good?
Next time when you raise me up. Don’t give me stories that I start believing in. Don’t give me hope because it pains when hopes crash. Just tell me plain that I have to suffer for reasons not known. And I have no reason to dream because I am a girl born in this world. Give me everything but not hope.
With a lot of desperation from a daughter you might have known.
very expressive,,emotional and cathartic!!
ReplyDeleteit is important to shedd the tears and throw the baggage, vent yourself out, cause the journey is uphill, really steep for now!!
the tougher ones also cry, they get hurt and get knocked down.. but they r tough ones so they get up again, nothing can keep them down for long...
keep the hope alive, this isnt near the end anywhere,
hey
have you read the secret, it works believe me ...we`ve tried alot..
must read it again, watch the video too!!!