The Stag and the Girl

 

It’s nice to indulge oneself in the land of fiction once in a while. Although sometimes there are very thin lines between facts and fiction. One can imitate the other. At times facts are stranger than fiction.

So here I go into another narration which is like a fiction

now.. but i hope that someday our beloved planet may reach these states and my fiction turns into reality.

One century later somewhere in the year 2121..

It’s a land of peace and harmony, where love prevails supreme. Nature is placed on high pedestal and much deservedly so. Beings and animals co exist. In the nearby woods, a stag and a girl are lying on the grass lazily, doing nothing but enjoying the serenity. It’s a stag with proud horns,a strong body and dangerous hooves which could gallop at a lightning speed. And yet.. his eyes sparkled with kindness,wisdom and love. The girl although wise, was a mischief monger who felt life’s no fun unless one is upto something all the time.

As she lay on the grass talking to the stag telepathically, she said “ I am ever so glad that we have left behind the dark ages where the likes of you feared the humans.I am so happy that all the animals are safe and happy now". The stag visits the harsh memories with his eyes carrying a tinge of sadness at the cruelty that had endangered the animal kingdom a century ago. The girl quickly sensing his sadness, holds his face in her hand and kisses his forehead saying “ it’s ok. It’s all over now. “.

Suddenly she says.. “ come on , get up ! Let’s have a race ..you and me ! Let’s see who reaches the end of the woods first !” The stag looks at her with great affection and sarcasm simultaneously and thinks “ silly girl! Doesn’t she know who can win ? And yet she plays this game !’ The girl knew in her heart that she cannot beat the strength and speed of the stag and smiles to herself ! And yet.. she wanted to do it ! Her lean and lithe body roboust with health begins to run, almost sprint.. looking over her back every now and then to see if the stag is catching up ! She looks like a beautiful being from the magical land as she runs across the woods .. trying to reach the winning point .

While the stag waits patiently for her to reach half of the distance as it didn’t need to rush to defeat her. And then it rubs its hooves against the earth and takes off with one giant leap and begins to run, the very sight of which looked like a breathtaking vision! The sound of it's hooves was heard across the woods in a rhythmic fashion. It’s glorious body taking leaps and bounds with the speed of lightning.

The girl is quite close to the finishing point and at that moment.. the stag who is right behind her.. takes one last gigantic leap and touches the finishing point in one clean sweep.. while the girl shrieks like a happy child and gently drops on the soft grass laughing away at her own defeat,while the stag nuzzles her face gently ! She says to the stag “ I knew you would win.. like every time” .. to which the stag replies .. “ and yet you play this game “!!

She holds the stag’s face closer and laughs again in delight ,while the whole ambience is bathed in the tender early morning rays of the sun.The birds are heard chirping.. while the other animals loiter around fearlessly..the sight of which stamps the fact that heavens had been finally hauled on earth.

She gently says “ come on . Time to walk back home. Others will be looking for us”

As they walked back home, the trees and animals in the wood whispered about the love that held the girl and the stag together.

They were inseparable!

-Pragti

I love to write..

If i have to put it in a most simple and unadorned way i can state that " I simply love to write". 

Image courtesy : Coskun Cokbulan

There is this beautiful energy which stirs up in the heart region and waits to express itself.  All i have to do weave that energy into words and sentences which flow with ease of their own accord. Each time i put together something or express something through writing, there is a joy inexplicable bordering on ecstasy. For me.. it is deeply  soul satisfying .

Never had i dreamt that one day i would express so much through writing. Infact it was never on my agenda or ambition.Then one fine day it suddenly happened... just like that!! Inspired by nature, events, humans, situations and life itself... "writing" happened  almost a decade ago. To think of it i had never taken it seriously while i wrote about loads of things which touched me deeply. I was more like this playful kid who thought she is  having some fun while she had found the magical land of writing. It had not occurred to me that i had discovered something precious. 

But of late... i feel like a grown up who has suddenly realised that "writing" is something which i love deeply. And i know not when did this playful thing turn into a deep love affair. I feel so grateful for being able to express as and when something inspires me. On some days i feel deeply blessed for the gift of this ability. 

"Writing" and "Me" started off as friends.. and along the way we fell in deep love with each other. And i know that this love is here to stay for all of eternity. 

On "by the flowing river" i shall be posting as and when i write, touching upon varied topics.