Memories

I was reborn today. The doctors took me out of a dark place. Oh! So much light! Turn them all off! Please!

I am not accustomed to so much light. Some strangers are feeling joyful at my arrival. I don't know why. I don't know them at all. Since I left my body and entered this dark cave, I have been missing my wife and kids. And I am sure they miss me too. Shreya was crying so much, oh God!

And here I am amidst strangers. Look! Look at how they are celebrating! They have no idea what I am going through. I feel like crying. I am crying in fact very loudly. But I cannot speak, for some reason. I tried to. But I cannot.

They are taking me to a lady. Oh, she is so much caring, just like my mother who passed away 50 years back. Wait a moment, she looks like her! Mom are you back? I asked, but all she could hear are my cries, not what I tried to say.

Days pass. These people are not as strange as I had thought. They take good care of me. I feel like I should not be too harsh on them. I still cannot speak and for some reason, Shreya, my wife, my kids they seem like a dream now. They seem distant. Probably I have started to forget them. But I have started loving these people here. Of course! They take such good care of me! Why shouldn't I?

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Rajesh and Deepika look at each other.

"See, he seems like lost in thoughts."

"Shhh, he is trying to sleep."