All that glitters are not gold!

           
           Terrible things have happened, unwanted things done and life mysteriously has made it a custom to take forth the flesh left inside. That somehow describes the gentleman who crossed his life ones but never came back. He, as pointed by many, is a unique creature who has the potential of making it big. The story of a kid who was different from the lot yet so much loved by all.

           It all started as a bunch of 9 with each of them ready to break the shackles of a made up teenage hoodoo! It took time but soon they gelled up well to mix and match their comfort zone into one. Their Guru knowing it all but ignoring it with a sense of acceptance. Days went by and couple of them made the most out of it and delved up their commonness rather than dwelling on the differences. Without much of a surprise, days became months and month became a year when the two became one renouncing the first barrier of being together. The kid had found the meaning of his existence. What they had was beautiful and the 9 rejoiced the same with the bonding becoming stronger in lieu of nothing.

           Every start has it’s end and so did the merry couple of years, and they all bid away with a promise to stay in touch. Young minds, what would they know of the cruelty that lay ahead? As a mere result, the strings had loosened and kicked off a new chapter for each one of them. Each one had started walking their ways and so did the two until a day came when one of them broke the chain that tied them.

           The kid wasn’t ready, wasn’t prepared and took up nothing but acceptance, blaming himself as the sole creator of his fate. The going got tougher but he never questioned. He stood up and walked aimlessly in search of solace. The more he hunted the more he would dive into darkness and started repeating his mistakes. With none to look up to, it was a thorny path and he ended up losing his way into a maze that could place him at the same point whenever he would start believing that he had found a way.

           A change in habitat with a new set of goals brought him to a new road. A journey that would transform him into a young man who could achieve anything that one can desire. Life became interesting and 24 hours seemingly became less. He was up for the challenge and the crowd was ready to appreciate. The world had taken a u-turn for him and he couldn’t think of anything but winning. Dreams were no more illusions but a set of alphabets that could be formed any day. He was doing it all and all by himself.

           The world would envy to what he had and what he got. He himself rejoiced about this transformation. He was indeed the same kid who lost half a decade back. The world was aware of this and so was he.

           But the world wasn’t aware of one little thing. He was still searching! He still didn’t have something! Something, that was so precious to him that this glory was worthless to him. Something, he had lost half a decade back! Something, he knows will never be his although their ways have started to merge. They know it now and he has a promise to keep which he is unsure of keeping! Love as they call it had taken them back once. They still lie at the same spot after so many years, yet so far. The kid still hopes for the best which he has done for most of his life. With little surprises, another Christmas passes and he calls for the same gift yet again to find solace among every gold that he possesses. With years, for he has got the true meaning, all that glitters are not gold!