HE PUSHED HIS FINGER IN WOUND

HE PUSHED HIS FINGER IN WOUND.

After all, there will be some reason for lacerating yourself daily? Why don’t you allow your wounds be healed up?

I asked the question to the sick man , who was a friend to me. As I was told that he is excoriating his wounds every day. About two months before , he was operated and was unable to walk. Laying on the bed. On my question , he changed his side.

“ The injury you are seeing , it hurts me for a while when I lecrate it . This pain relaxes my inner pains.”

He looked at me with flooded eyes.

“ I want to die once not every day. I want to face my death one time not daily. I have no charms of life any more”

  Why so? I asked

“ Do you know Mr SK ?“

He quoted the name of very well known person in the society. A blessed one with all luxuries of life. A known social activist and political figure.

“ He is a very nice fellow.” I replied.

“ He is my real son. I did a lot hardship to grow him , to educate him. I was a poor Rikshaw Driver”

His eyes were flowing with no pause.

“ This my wounds are very painful. I can not control myself , when pain starts. Even I scream some time. He was angry and was saying all the time that I have disturbed his life. A few days ago , he cut down my bed and bring me to this house”

He pointed at his wife.

“ From that day , this my wife and me are here. We both are neglected now. No one came even to ask neither for medicine nor for food. This lady is still in strong opinion that He will come”

He took a long breath and started to cry a loud.

“ I don’t want to see him in my life. I want to die, I want to die”

He pushed his finger into the wound again.

Next day , early morning he got rid of both inner pain and the pain of wounds. He was called back to his Creator.

Azad Hashmi