Man‘Kind’

The lush green meadows, the setting sun, the cool breeze and the saffron clad sky doesn’t seem so pleasant to the couple as it did the day before. They literally missed their kid. Futile hours of search and the agony made them weak. Mother’s bosom pained for the unweaned 1 year old kid, father missed playing with his son. They had no authority to report the missing to. Couple stared at the horizon, not knowing, what destiny had in for them. The wind smelled blood.

The walk through the dry paddy field didn’t seem to be a stroll anymore, but a parade. Each step weighed a lot as they missed their busty mother. Tonight when they sleep they will have no one to hug and narrate their stories to. They didn’t know who their father was and losing mother was too much to bear. The tear drops that fell from the tiny eyes on the dry land marked the path as they marched. The disciplined walk continued. They were left with no choice but to follow the suit. 

They won’t have their father to teach them new skills of swimming anymore and they had no one who would rejoice at their swimming feat. They missed the big hands of their father, the protector. Today they are to face the world on their own, not knowing the traps set for them. They wept as they swam and  tears were washed away in the water. 

In a near by non-vegetarian restaurant, the waiter stooped a little to repeat the order ‘One plate chilly beef fry, one plate duck roast and two plates fish fingers’ and the big man‘kind’ family at the dinner seat nodded in unison with a gentle smile unaware of the cruelty behind their order......Man'unkind'..