The piper picked his flute, looked up into the skies and shook his head. Something was missingāhis tunes. He stood motionlessāstruggling, trying, battling with his memories to remember what to play. For once, he was bereft of melodies. Not really. He wasnāt bereft. Heād forgotten what to play.
āJust a night before now Iāve played this tunes all day. How come I canāt remember?ā He thought to himself. āIāve never lacked music. What is happening to me?ā
He stood still. Contemplating. His audience looked on. Confused.
Five minutes. Ten minutes...Twenty minutes gone and still no trace of the melodies he played just a night before.
āMaybe itās time. Itās time to go.ā He said. The piper took a bowānamaste, and walked off the stage. Murmurings and whisperings later, one among the audience asked; āWhat just happened?ā An answer came from the crowd; āAlas, the piper took his final bow. His flute sings no more and itās time to go.ā
Time to goā¦
Some days you go and you come back. Some days you go and you go forever. When itās forever, your presence is replaced with memoriesāmemories of life lived before gone. Your name changes. They donāt call you what you were once called. Your nature changesāyou become less of what you once was. They give you adorations your presence lacked, alas, you will have no ears to hear. Youāll listen but it would sound like a distance call.
When you are goneā¦
The rhythm changes. The drummer plays your tunes differently and they that dance enjoy the drumbeat no more. But sorry, you canāt change anything from where you are. Life goes on but without you.
The final prayers before you go will end in; āAshes to ashes and dust to dust.ā You are nothing more but a piece of dust. All you did turns to ashes. Ash and dust canāt stand the wind. The wind would blow and take everything that you are along its pathānothing of you is left now. You now belong to the ages. The end. The bow.
And then, you finally find rest.
Go now, Oheemaa. Theyāll drop you and Iāll drop you too but thatās ok. It has to end somehow. But from now, Iāll learn to walk with care because my earth is now your ceiling. Youāve earned your rest. May you please the eye of the almighty
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