‘MAY’yil Mazhai – Part 14 (Final)

Part 13

Dad and mom were silent – almost for an hour. Mom was crying silently. At last dad said “nothing in this world is more precious or important than my little girl’s life. You are a girl; you are born to be strong. Remember this and start from the start”

 

I was quiet. Not just then but from then on. I forgot how to love. I forgot how to express. I forgot how to trust. All emotions were drained out of me. I was a walking dead drained on all emotions. Days started moving. People started accepting me the way I was. I got few reasons to smile at times and many reasons to cry all the times. But I neither cried nor smiled. I wanted to live but I was not sure where to start. I started teaching the orphanage kids in the evenings. And then the miracle happened through friendship. Dhivya – I saw her when I was coming back home from the orphanage. She was 10 years old and living in the orphanage. She was playing when I saw her, I lifted her and she started to talk –

 

Me: Your name

 

She: Dhivya

 

ME: Where you stay?

 

She: Here only – Because God loves me sooo much.

 

Me: Why you say so?

 

She: God gave you only 1 mom, 1 dad, and 1 or 2 siblings but for me he has given many many moms, dads and siblings.

 

Me: You have many friends here?

 

She: No they are not my friends. They are my family. The whole world is my family.

 

Me: That guy hit you and took your chocolate. Even he is your family?

 

She: Yes.

 

Me: Hmmm

 

She: Because I trust him.

 

Me: Trust??? (laughing) that is a big word. Now what is trust?

 

She: It is thinking that he won’t take my chocolate.

 

Me: But he did.

 

She: That is his wish. But I trust him that is my wish.

 

Me: why should you trust someone who cheats you?

 

She: Because it is my choice. My choice is wrong. It is my mistake. But he is my family. So it is ok.

 

Me: So you will still trust him. You will still like him?

 

She: I may not. But that doesn’t matter, because I forgive him. It is good for me and for him.

 

Me: How?

 

She: I won’t keep thinking my chocolate is gone if I forgive him. I will be ok. He will be ok. We all are family you see. How else can we be inside the same place?

 

And it rained. My emotions rained through my eyes and through my heart. The gate was shattered and flood was there. The clouds gave way to a clear sky through rain in May. Unexpected but Much needed.