THE BATTLE

And the wind that so solemnly tried to grasp the fragrance from the dying embers of the wood was pushed to the ground beneath the heat of the fume by incessant tears from the passing clouds. The clouds like desert cacti transpired freely on the bloom of spring. The agenda was simple, the cry was…

THE BLiSS OF iGNORANCE

And I stand in the terrace surrounded by the tapestry of bricks. Weaved into the usual pattern, the bricks are no different from one another. I am here, in a home territory, and there are millions of others like me. I can’t see them; we are all in a blissful ignorance, and they can’t see…

THE FALL

And, this was not how it was meant to be. But, can one help it? Do you know how it was supposed to be?Bruised and battered, I lie awake like a corpse; eyes open and clear, I sleep like the dead. From a distance, I am scary and disturbing because that is how you feel…

iNTRODUCTION

And, across the horizon into the wild forest sat two, perched on the stone like birds on a branch, beings, mortal or not, unknown and uncertain. The taller and the stupid of the two talked and the shorter with graying hair and the one who seemed wise listened, listened in rapt attention, and whenever he…