Tuesday, July 12, 2011

whEn fEAr iS NoT aN oPTioN……

‘OMG SNAKE’ a friend of mine screamed in fear. I m not that sure whether he cried out in fear or that was a normal scream coz he usually is a tough guy. But when its down pouring outside and the whole room is pitch black and U r looking for d key where the snake is crawlin . Then it wud b very skeptical of me to question his toughness. So U can guess I did not ask him whether he feared or not. The snake was of bizarre kind, it went up to my 3 storied drawer like 4’high and was movin towards my bed attached to it. This might sound fancy a drawer attached bed. But it doesn’t look anything like what U r visualizin right now. I can’t explain or compare the bed with anything you’ve seen coz it doesn’t look like anything elsewhere. You’ve to come visit this furniture industry that’s just opposite to my flat.
suddenly the silent night turned out into chaos. So snake had to die. Sorry WWF or whoever takes care of this scary tiny creepy living creature. Actually I m apologizing on behalf of my friend. I just heard the whole drama .It was like listening to one movie of Bhola risal ‘Gauthali’ while U hardly can keep UR eyes open, but no music only screams. I just was too scared to see it alive. I became an afghan refugee the same instant only my shelter wz the adjacent room and not Pakistan. Also USA had no intentions to bombard my room it was that snake.
It was was like 2 in the morning . Bangladesh never sleeps. I guess its same with snakes. Snakes don’t visit us pretty often . But this I recall is the second incident in our flat. Now flat sounds way too sophisticated for the house that we’ve rented. However that’s where I will have to see more 547.5 approximate dawns. Now that the figure is here that will make u count the total years. let me just give U less trouble its 547.5/365 ==>>1 . 5 yrs. until my calculator works just fine. Don’t worry the calculator’s got a new battery the other day. I had to get back to my bed which almost seemed impossible to me that instant. But I had got no choice, no one to share a bed with at least for that night or I cant even think of moving to other flats. That’s the other part of story.However I had to go lie down on the same bed which was almost occupied by snake a few moments earlier. Never in my life I felt so helpless. I wanted to be afraid of what I saw and find other places to stay until I fostered out of that fear. But I had to act strong and fear was not an option to me. I guess not having fear as an option is what makes people brave. But that will only be an act of emulating bravery. I wz like all over the facebook. I dint tweet coz I don’t tweet that much. I got mixed comments, some asked me to be careful , some made fun of me n snake together. And it wz my elder sister who inspired me to write this . She said ‘it’s no big deal, when u were not even born we would encounter a lot of snakes inside our house. U don’t have to fear that’.
I guess its our destiny, for all of us who believe in destiny. Like my sister had no options of being afraid and had to act brave at her young age. Our country is only trying to surpass the level of fear. People have already assimilated the fear of threats, kidnappings, loots, donations, rapes, robbery, food shortage, epidemics, no hospitals, yes hospitals no doctors… Because we have no option called fear. when our governing bodies can’t provide us with enough securities and facilities…it’s “when fear is not an option” but to move on……..

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