!!!I am a leaf by the
roadside!!!
This isn't my real name. In fact even i don't even know that, by the way what's in the name. What really matters is what i gave to this world and what did i get in return. Well, my story commences neither on earth nor in the sky. It begins midst of the two as i was born somewhere on a branch .
My Life :
That place was one of the shoulders of my father who is well known as tree to the whole world. It is my dad, one of the best father's in this whole world who took care of me, loved me and pampered me making sure that including me all its other kids had everything always as needed. We never felt asking for anything as my dear father had in store everything to satiate our needs. My father was very handsome amongst all its friends and neighbours - broad, robust, dark brown in colour, very cool and always lending its hands to others mostly to humans in the form of shade, fruits and even sometimes gave away his body parts to help the shape the modern day furnishings. My mother was never in sight as she was deep down somewhere, though she was very close to us, she always stayed at the base just to make sure her kids are getting everything they need. Her name was a root, i never saw her. She was very loving, generous, kind and helpful being which always made the necessary food needed for her kid's nourishment. The best among st all. Though i loved her immensely, at the same the very thought of her being choked up being buried so many feet down the earth could make my eyes watery but i was as helpless as a bird in a cage who can't break open those small steel bars to come out, as a fish in a pond who can't ever jump to its freedom out of that freedom. I was so damn helpless. There was a queer combination of folks in my huge though compact family. We were a group of millions of brothers and sisters living cozily, snuggled, cuddled against each other and never ever fought whatever may be the situation was. I loved them all and they loved me. As usual i could not see most of them every day because of my immobility and inaccessibility but there was always a proximity whenever winds use to brush our skins gently and i could feel the essence of my loved ones, whenever there were rains, that icy cold rain water which could bring chills to our spines used to trickle down from one body to another. It would warm up our bodies with the warmth of our fellow family members who would be sometimes too close - like on top of you, sometimes hanging on either of the sides, sometimes up staring at you with pride as if their guts filled with a smell of ego and sometimes down and would always be unaware for any incoming peril coming their way from top. But beyond these little hazards, i could feel all my family members chirping, laughing and dancing with the wind tumbling upside down catching sprains in their necks and backs. Although, there was an untold vicinity between us but there seemed to be a distance of ages, which could never to be covered. However, i always wished to meet my whole family and the same time regret the day i wished for this wish.
Now after being born like a microphyll, i was properly nurtured to a fully grown, glowing and darkish green colour leaf. My parents were proud of me for the fact that i was strong as well apart from being good looking. My resistance against the natural calamities was exceptional. My whole personality was like the biggest criticism to all the neighbouring relatives of mine. They used to envy me but i was in my own world singing, dancing and enjoying every moment of my life and wish it would never end until one dark night when all my desires, happiness and peace was snatched from me in a moment which ruined my life.
My Plight :
We were all asleep during that night when suddenly it started getting windy. We were uncertain as to what would happen as it was pleasant but to our surprise, it turned into a very strong and storm which will uproot my whole family to ruins. Just a bright flash of light and my life took a tragic turn, my whole family was torn to bits and pieces don't remember much but when i tried to wake up from being unconscious which seems none less than a long coma, i could see dead bodies of my numerous brothers and sisters - burnt, broken, torn and some were even hard to identify. My father was as wounded as a soldier in war who lost an arm and sustained uncountable injuries, i could not even cry as i felt my eye muscles so stretched laid there for several weeks helpless, like a bird without wings, a fish without enough water saw slowly and gradually nature putting my dear ones here and there and to some to their ultimate destination and things slowly changed to what they were as if nothing happened. Even i was taken to somewhere miles away from where i was, thanks to the god of wind i could not see that horrible plight anymore but now,things were drastically changed as far as my appearance, texture, colour was concerned. I was a pale, dusty, oily and malnutritioned. My body was not soft and supple, now it was cracked and hard and brittle which could break anytime. I was thirsty, hungry, pathetic in plight was seeking someone like my mother to feed me water with, someone like my father to give me protection and good nourishment with and eventually someone like my family to cheer me up. I never knew i would be so short lived when suddenly a giant wheel of a motor car crushed me beneath its massive force taking no time to let me brittle and hard body to turn into thousands of tiny pieces and scattered here and there. I wanted to live long, i wanted to laugh aloud and i wanted to feel life more than i could imagine but i think i lost the battle with my own soul who would have wished to be set free sooner than it would from my body and which eventually turned me into a leaf by the roadside.
This isn't my real name. In fact even i don't even know that, by the way what's in the name. What really matters is what i gave to this world and what did i get in return. Well, my story commences neither on earth nor in the sky. It begins midst of the two as i was born somewhere on a branch .
My Life :
That place was one of the shoulders of my father who is well known as tree to the whole world. It is my dad, one of the best father's in this whole world who took care of me, loved me and pampered me making sure that including me all its other kids had everything always as needed. We never felt asking for anything as my dear father had in store everything to satiate our needs. My father was very handsome amongst all its friends and neighbours - broad, robust, dark brown in colour, very cool and always lending its hands to others mostly to humans in the form of shade, fruits and even sometimes gave away his body parts to help the shape the modern day furnishings. My mother was never in sight as she was deep down somewhere, though she was very close to us, she always stayed at the base just to make sure her kids are getting everything they need. Her name was a root, i never saw her. She was very loving, generous, kind and helpful being which always made the necessary food needed for her kid's nourishment. The best among st all. Though i loved her immensely, at the same the very thought of her being choked up being buried so many feet down the earth could make my eyes watery but i was as helpless as a bird in a cage who can't break open those small steel bars to come out, as a fish in a pond who can't ever jump to its freedom out of that freedom. I was so damn helpless. There was a queer combination of folks in my huge though compact family. We were a group of millions of brothers and sisters living cozily, snuggled, cuddled against each other and never ever fought whatever may be the situation was. I loved them all and they loved me. As usual i could not see most of them every day because of my immobility and inaccessibility but there was always a proximity whenever winds use to brush our skins gently and i could feel the essence of my loved ones, whenever there were rains, that icy cold rain water which could bring chills to our spines used to trickle down from one body to another. It would warm up our bodies with the warmth of our fellow family members who would be sometimes too close - like on top of you, sometimes hanging on either of the sides, sometimes up staring at you with pride as if their guts filled with a smell of ego and sometimes down and would always be unaware for any incoming peril coming their way from top. But beyond these little hazards, i could feel all my family members chirping, laughing and dancing with the wind tumbling upside down catching sprains in their necks and backs. Although, there was an untold vicinity between us but there seemed to be a distance of ages, which could never to be covered. However, i always wished to meet my whole family and the same time regret the day i wished for this wish.
Now after being born like a microphyll, i was properly nurtured to a fully grown, glowing and darkish green colour leaf. My parents were proud of me for the fact that i was strong as well apart from being good looking. My resistance against the natural calamities was exceptional. My whole personality was like the biggest criticism to all the neighbouring relatives of mine. They used to envy me but i was in my own world singing, dancing and enjoying every moment of my life and wish it would never end until one dark night when all my desires, happiness and peace was snatched from me in a moment which ruined my life.
My Plight :
We were all asleep during that night when suddenly it started getting windy. We were uncertain as to what would happen as it was pleasant but to our surprise, it turned into a very strong and storm which will uproot my whole family to ruins. Just a bright flash of light and my life took a tragic turn, my whole family was torn to bits and pieces don't remember much but when i tried to wake up from being unconscious which seems none less than a long coma, i could see dead bodies of my numerous brothers and sisters - burnt, broken, torn and some were even hard to identify. My father was as wounded as a soldier in war who lost an arm and sustained uncountable injuries, i could not even cry as i felt my eye muscles so stretched laid there for several weeks helpless, like a bird without wings, a fish without enough water saw slowly and gradually nature putting my dear ones here and there and to some to their ultimate destination and things slowly changed to what they were as if nothing happened. Even i was taken to somewhere miles away from where i was, thanks to the god of wind i could not see that horrible plight anymore but now,things were drastically changed as far as my appearance, texture, colour was concerned. I was a pale, dusty, oily and malnutritioned. My body was not soft and supple, now it was cracked and hard and brittle which could break anytime. I was thirsty, hungry, pathetic in plight was seeking someone like my mother to feed me water with, someone like my father to give me protection and good nourishment with and eventually someone like my family to cheer me up. I never knew i would be so short lived when suddenly a giant wheel of a motor car crushed me beneath its massive force taking no time to let me brittle and hard body to turn into thousands of tiny pieces and scattered here and there. I wanted to live long, i wanted to laugh aloud and i wanted to feel life more than i could imagine but i think i lost the battle with my own soul who would have wished to be set free sooner than it would from my body and which eventually turned me into a leaf by the roadside.
