Speeding through the highway on my car I savor the beauty of nature on either side; Greenery all around- meadows on both ends, I enter a county filled with silence
Meandering through aisles of parked cars, My mind is transported to the cozy bed that lies ahead When the serenity of my trance is broken By the resounding thud on the side of my car
Screeching to a halt to examine the situation, anger filling deep into my soul I see a small boy coming upto me unflinched- Carrying innocence in the eyes ' the fuming ceasing within me
Gathering myself ' enquiring the reason for the brusque intrusion, In response ' the boy holding my fingers leads me into an ally; Pointing to his elder brother who tied to a wheel-chair Lies sprawled on the road ' overturned by a speeding car
Empty is my heart as I hear from the infant Who needing help to lift his brother up ' Had ceaselessly tried to stop each speeding car ' but in vain Finding no other means ' resorting to stoning ' to stop a soul ' for help
So moved is my soul that I can barely see through my moist eyes as I pick up his brother putting the overturned chair on steady feet helping both to reach their homes where anxious parents await Humbled I return from the scene to continue my journey- A message clearly etched in my heart with permanence-
The boy teaching me how God communicates through various means Whether in whispers or through a stone hurled at us to cease our speed of life- It is for us to lend our ears to the Voice above ' to respond Cos it is the Almighty seeking Divine Communion !
