Lost

She ran.....kept running....in those dark woods...feet were wounded by those small seemingly unharming sharp slivers of dried leaves...arms and knees scratched all over by a couple of falls...fast her heart was losing hope and her body the energy to pursue the lookout....she was following the same track as told by the old lady she had met outside that party hall...it was a streak of light in the midst of woods that was supposed to be her calling...her eyes were frantically searching for that ray that was to guide her to the land where she belonged; if she really belonged.... 

It was such a beautiful evening...everything was just perfect...she knew she was looking her best, she knew she was behaving her best...people were enjoying her company and so was she..enjoying all the attention with elan.......until it was this old wrinkled lady whom she saw staring at her from the glass window across the hall....it was a meaningful look...of all the people in the party it was her that the old lady seemed to lay eyes on....she excused herself and walked past all her near and dear ones, leaving the hall behind to meet the old lady...she was received with a pair of wise grey eyes....the old lady didn't say a word...she turned back to again stare at the party hall...she too turned to see the same...it was a different perspective from here and was apparent that the old lady wanted to show her - her world - from a varied viewpoint.

Where had all the fun, frolic, smiles and laughter gone? She was sure she enjoyed all that and more while being a part of that party herself! Every color from the party seemed to have been washed away...the atmosphere seemed pale and gloomy...her folks walked around like machines - smooth, structured, lifeless. This was not what she was a part of only a few minutes back...the realization was sickening...she turned to face the old lady who then turned and slowly pointed her finger at the woods; the dark mysterious forest that lay ahead...'amidst the darkness lies the ray that follows to the land you belong' those were the words...

She belonged............the sense of completion that the thought carried was enough for her to dare the darkness of those haunting woods...she left for into the woods...and the forest gulped her....

She is still running....stumbling.............fumbling with her steps on the way......the darkness seems to multiply layer with every passing minute...she is scared to the core for now there might be an inevitable danger that she could no longer dare...................

...defenses lay low.....vulnerabilities soar....