Saturday, 1 September 2007

Blood, coffee beans, tears

He absent-mindedly stepped off the pavement to cross the road.

He didn’t see the bus rushing his way.

The vehicle of death rammed into the body, shattering his ribs and sending him flying a good 8 to10 feet away.

A woman screamed. The crowd gathered.

Surprisingly, he liked the pain that was tearing through his body.

BLOOD.

He could taste the blood which was flowing from his forehead, where the shards of glass had cut him, to the thin crevice of his lips.

From his half-open eyes, everything looked red, as some of the blood clotted his vision. And the sight which greeted him, horrified him no end.

He saw an angel of death. The angel was furious with the human, and seemed mightily pleased at the human’s current state.

The angel knelt down, shoved something forcibly into his mouth and commanded him to chew it.

COFFEE BEANS.

“CHEW!!” the angel screamed. “CHEW!!” The screams reverberated and pierced his ears.

The bitter taste of coffee beans, mixed with blood, tasted like hell.

TEARS

It didn’t take long for the tears to roll down his cheek. Hot, burning drops of tears singed his skin as it got mixed with his blood.

“This….is…..your……..REDEMPTION!!!” the angel shouted.

He felt the earth shake as the last word thundered above him.

“Redemption?” he thought. “Ahh! Redemption,” he said, as the truth dawned upon him.

He smiled and closed his eyes.


“He’s no more,” announced the doctor who’d been in the crowd and had rushed forward to help.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

insanity rediscovered :)

Shekhar said...

mini: You hit the nail on the head. :)

Anonymous said...

err.. whose head??

:P :P :P

and this 8 letters word verification is annoyin!

Shekhar said...

//this 8 letters word verification is annoyin

Have set it right..

arpana said...

how come I dont know of this blog until I do some sherlock holming myself *sulks and sucks thumb*

chauhan said...

hi shekhar..i hope i have got that right..anyways we are perhaps separated by a huge enuf generational divide..i was born in 1965 :)..i dunno how i got onto yr blog..was looking for material on the kharoshthi script..

we thats my friends and i have been taking out a mag on travel just had our 2nd anniv of the issue..tough doing this one..considering i chucked my job to do that..

liked your take on the blogs..i am still young i hope :)..would u like to contribute to it..we havent got a website as yet..will happen by nov end..send me an email on the following id chauhan.devendra@gmailcom

and liked yr choice of music too..