i was running a temp of 99.6 and went all over the place trying to make ppl realise it...tellin the world abt my huge ailment..it was not long b4 i was stuffed with a dose of antibiotic and crocin...and in blankets and pampering myself...trudged along 2 my morning postings to the fever hospital cribbing about how the HOD had no mercy...
it was chicken pox today ..walked in as usual...kids lined up to talk 2 us..crying and ill...but one kid struck us frm d time we stepped in...with a guant little face...arms so thin and bony..fingers frail and haunting and ..hair so dry and fungated...abdomen sucked in...my first reacton was 2 talk 2 his mom...seemed like she hadn't fed him for days...it was malnutrition like so many..negligence i thought.....wht struck me abt the boy was his eyes...sparkling open..his voice so clear ...as he kept calling to someone...he watched us fearlessly with those eyes of his..undeterred,active inspite of it all....a lady came up 2 us and told us they were frm an orphanage ...again it was anger tht struck me...at how orphanages take care...just b4 i said another word she reminded us tht the boy was HIV+ve..2years of age...was brought to them 6 months back and lives in the company of 12 others all similarly diagnosed ..struggling to live a life they havent yet faced...suffering for a fault.. none their own...words escaped.. ..we checked his pulse .. a helpless effort...he was saying he dint like the bread he held...asked if we wanted it...ignorant he was as to wht lay ahead of him ...knows not why he had to be the unfortunate..why he wasnt given a chance to choose..why he sleeps on a different bed...or why the world has deserted him..he wasnt tellin anyone about this huge ailment ...he isnt even aware..no antibiotic or crocin or blankets to cure...yet this little life knows no fear...
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moved.
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