...And thats how the universe taught me to care.

Thoughts were wavering in my mind, when I peered outside my window. Everything was Gold. The sky, the atmosphere; just Gold. I took a closer look and observed that the birdies were replaced by mice with wings (bats) and all the pretty things below were wrapped neatly in a blanket of darkness. All the creatures of the dark rose, the mosquitoes and the flying mice. Enroute onto the task of encapsulating the pretty. As I sat in the midst of this varying nature; I ask,"Hey! Why would you spread such dismay? Why would you be willing to hide marvels. The earth is so pretty. Its green, bright and neat and nice. It has an abundance of healthy life. Each life so colourful and bare of spite. So why then, do you put them to sleep? Why not let them live a little bit longer?"

    I looked all around for somebody to answer, but all I saw were the ugly creatures of the dark, surrounded by their dark.Then my eyes caught hold of a sight, it looked so alluring. I couldn't look away.

    I suddenly found the answers to all my silly questions. It was the NIGHT. It was the night talking to me. The darkness introduced itself. It told me it's name was the Night. It explained how it always wanted to be fair and how it always wanted to give everybody a chance; especially the ones who deserved it the most. It said that it covers all the beauty below so that the Moon  and the Stars get to shine; so that they get a chance to put forth their beauty, so that they get to live a life.

    The Night simply said," I just make sure that they stay connected to the world inspite of living so far away."

   I listened, and understood. But in the inside of me, I knew it wasn't just that. I knew there was a deeper meaning. I thought again. Maybe its the matter of friendship, just being there for the other.

 Time period and roles of people in a person's life,  have a relationship so deep, in time. The roles seem to reverse with time and this, can be negative role reversal.
   'Negative role reversal'  as in the cards you play turn up against you not instantly but momentarily. It all roots out from watching and learning with time as the base factor.
   You do good, the universe does good right back. This is what karma is,  but who knew it was so apt.
    Her and I may have been a cooperative team earlier or at least were meant to be,  I mean thats why you have sisters,  don't you?
But the relation between the two siblings significantly depends on the degree of extravagancy exhibited by the older sibling.
    A perfect older sister should be a balance between a monster  and a tooth fairy.  And to strike that balance is no piece of cake. Highly,  utterly  rare.
   The ' tooth fairy'   older siblings do end up having an okay-ish ending. But the ones who suffer are the 'monsters' because  they are  the ones who have  to taste their own monstrous behaviour after the  roles have been  reversed with time.
    So whose  mistake is it? All mine. It is the older that's at fault eh? Yep that's right.
And what  can  be done?  One solution.

'Apologise'.  Start square. Put that ego aside. Reflect upon that incredulous feeling you felt. All that hatred and regret you felt which you wanted immediately to be worn off by time wrapped in the clutches of the wrongs you did.
Start with the word that may seem of mere value because of its incomparable use. But just with the right amount of love and true dedication towards amending errableness, this word is just right to commence.
  A 'sorry'  to begin with. 

                                  ABOU BEN ADHEM 

   

   ABOU BEN ADHEM (MAY HIS TRIBE DECREASE!)

AWOKE ONE NIGHT BY A GREAT BLOW OF BREEZE

AND SAW WITHIN THE LIGHT OF A TUBE IN HIS ROOM,

WHICH HE DID NOT PUT OFF BECAUSE THE BRIGHTNESS WAS WEAK; OF THE MOON!

AN ANGEL WRITING IN A BOOK,

EXCEEDING BREEZE HAD MADE ABOU WANT TO COOK.

AND TO THE PRESENCE IN THE ROOM HE SAID:

"WHAT EATEST THOU?"- THE VISION RAISED ITS HEAD,

AND WITH A LOOK MADE OF ALL SWEET ACCORD,

ANSWERED,"COKE, FRIES AND ALSO A BURGER OF MAC COD!

SOME ICE CREAM TOO? ASKED ABOU. NAY, NOT SO, REPLIED THE ANGEL.

ABOU SPOKE MORE LOW.

BUT CHEERILY STIIL; AND SAID,"I PRAY THEE, THEN,

AT LEAST HAVE A DESERT THAT'S CALLED THE "SAL DEN"

THE ANGEL ATE AND VANISHED. THE NEXT NIGHT,

IT CAME WITH A GREAT WAKENING LIGHT;

AND WITH RAGING ANGER TOLD ABOU THAT IT'S STOMACH PAINED 

AND BY SERVING POISONED FOOD NOTHING WAS GAINED!

                 -TANISHA GHORPADE