Once , when he got a head injury by the brutish beat of the police during a protest against the government , it was she who made him alive by her tender care and prayers . She revived his will to live and unexpectedly he returned from the threshold of death . It was she who put in him an enormous energy , enabling him to reach the peak of mountains .
Now , when he was standing at the peak , some invisible force was dragging him forward , and he could see what was next : the very dark and dreadful valley of death . He knew very well that to fall in that dark valley was fateful , but once again he wanted to go back to the foot of that mountain to have a look at those two wet eyes , which were still waiting for him . Alas ! At the peak , he learned that everyone wanted to be there , without knowing that real happiness is in how it is scaled .
A stroke of pain took him back to that formidable state of forgetfulness . He even forgot those kind eyes . He fell to the ground and felt the agony of death in his bones and soon that unavoidable state overpowered him . In his fainted condition , he had a dream . He saw himself flying back fast . He could feel the touch of soothing , cool air that was lightening his burden ... the burden of popularity , of pride , of jealousy and of praise . As he was flying back , his innocence was returning . He happily said good-bye to all those hypocrites who seduced him towards the path of painful greatness , which gave him nothing except loneliness . Now , for him , the dearest thing was to kiss the beauty with the kind eyes .
He was overjoyed at the revival of his innocent existence . He felt himself free of torturing egotism .
Soon , he saw the lost face of his beloved . He ran towards her , stood at a distance , not knowing how to meet her . She opened her arms , saying , " Your return is timely , I am very alone ."
After this warm meeting she removed the dust from his face and combed his hair with her soft fingers . He fell into her lap , felt the divine pleasure of love and spoke in an exhausted voice : " I have discovered the truth of life , which is to love and perish ... all the rest is deception ."
The fatigue of a long journey and the touch of his beloved made him sleepy . Sleep overpowered him and he went into the eternal peace .
The End
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