TALE OF A DECEPTION

POEM

She was in a desperate hurry

to unbundle her pack of woes

to an invincible power

with magical solutions

and

as a first step in the

right direction

she visited several temples

where Gods and Godesses

were worshipped and along 

with the large numbers of pilgrims

offered oblations to them

and prayed fervently for the

dawn of a new spring in her life.

But she never hated

the man with whom she had

inexplicable emotional attachment and affinity

dreamt of sharing her delightful life with him.

Though she frequented temples after temples

offered prayers after prayers

oblations after oblations

her fervent pleas to Gods and Goddesses went unheeded.

It was her close friend

who told her about a

God-man who performed miracles

in the lives of countless numbers of 

men, women, children, ladies and youths

who as a last resort flocked to have a darshan

of Him to bless them with  magical powers

to ward off all evils, incurable maladies,

recapture failed love-affairs

and blessings to bear pretty blooms of

love and care in everybody’s life.

Keeping her hopes aflame she went to his ashram

several times where tens of hundreds

gathered to have a darshan of Him

seeking his invaluable blessings for a better morrow.

At last after an array of visits

she too had the fortune to have a darshan

of the handsome, young Godman

with long black hair,

and flowing black beard with a halo around his head.

His bewitching smile

and sharp, penetrating

looks lifted her to an unknown world

and in front of him

she sat cross-legged.

She poured out her list of grievances needling her

which he listened looking into her eyes. 

After listening to all her woes,

He led her inside

and made her sit on a bed,

and someone from inside

brought a glass full of

juice, offered her and vanished.

‘This is elixir of miracles.

Have it’  -  He told her.

Like an obedient child

she drank the sweet ‘elixir’

and within seconds she

lost her last drop of consciousness.

After a deep sleep

she regained her consciousness

and felt her body seriously

aching and burning sensation

in her private parts.

The needling pain she

experienced in various parts of her body

was difficult to explain……

The story of a rape

unfolded before her

and with shock and fright in her eyes

she wanted to cry aloud,

but no……she couldn’t………….