Monday, November 8, 2010

The woman at the station

Looking at her i can imagine there was a day she was born. Her mother kissed her again and again. Her laughs made her mother so happy. Then she grew up into a beautiful young girl. Boys and men alike, looked at her with lustful eyes. Before long, she got married.. From a girl she turned into a woman. And turned a house into a home.
Soon perhaps she had 3 or 4 children. Even though they were probably poor, she made sure her children didn't sleep empty stomach. She made a family. That was one day.
Now all her children have grown up. Daughters married and went to live with their husbands. Sons are too busy with their lives. Her husband, dead i guess.
Today she sits alone at this railway station, talking to herself. Her cloths torn and dirty. Now she is just some crazy old woman. She has lost her usefulness to this world. Now there is no one who wants to talk to her. No one who would care for her.
She never went to school. She never learnt anything except loving and being loved. She only knows how to nurture.
She never understood money. Now she has to beg for it just to stay alive. She has no complaints with her children. Or with anyone else.
She just waits.

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