From a dot to a line.... From a drop to a lake I progressed, bit by bit. Cleaving through light and darkness, Silence and noise, Colours and blindness, I inched ahead, rather intrepidly. I found love and lost Like a date buried in history Like a life laid to rest In the bosom of the grave. Perfidy and profanity Impaired my fortitude at times But I ambled assiduously Like the army of tiny ants Continuing the gait As though it was an inveterate habit. Slowly I was clutched In the cobweb of relationships That entwined me like creepers Like the myriad wires in a huddled colony. Huh! Sin, skin, kith and kin… And a thousand other sordid things Slowed my pace, challenged my spirits But I tenaciously continued Like the restless cloud in the illimitable sky Stumbling, balancing, standing again Walking towards the solace of the heart! Alas the gait came to an end. Tears and rituals followed profusely Just to fade with the passage of time Bringing the world to its unmistakable normalcy. After all, it was a scripted story -- That started with a dot And ended with another dot, A fullstop.