DARK ROOM

DARK ROOM -one of my favourite childhood game.Everytime i met my friends or cousins i made it a point to convince them for one round of DARK ROOM.

Now, it seems so true-what? This thing only.....your favourite childhood fantasy turning into your harsh reality when you enter initial years of adulthood.

CRAP!! Cut it Out!

I entered confidently in my room to take my most prized possession. It was very dark. I wasn’t even able to locate the switchboard. I stepped forward closing the door behind me,it became darker. My fingers searched for that switch on the wall, my confident steps turned into slow and unsteady movements.There,I found it. Sighing relief ,i  pressed the switch on,but,to my luck, the lights still didn’t turn on. No electricity, I concluded.

Dark,Darker,Darkest, my mind was unable to take these words out of it.I was not able to find the way out. I found myself just getting inner and inner into the room,deeper in darkness.

I became quite restless felt suffocated, i wanted to move out,get back in light...i am no longer a kid-i hate playing dark room ! I need help!! I shouted, no one came to rescue me from the dark trap. There was no one around . I chose to stay alone, i remembered. I shooed everyone away. Now what? I struggled hard, there has to be some way, some source of light, some hope...but there was nothing. Nothing that could replace the darkness with bright light.

I sat down on the ground. I started thinking. Thinking hard !! Why this darkness? How did i reach here ? Why isn’t anyone around? After hours of reflection,i bought both my hands in forward, trying to cover my face in shame.I give up!! I will have to spend my entire life in darkness.There is no hope.This is the end !

As soon as my hands reached my eyes, i felt a cloth has been tied around my eyes. I am blindfolded. And all this while i was thinking am in the dark when there was so much light around me. How could i not realize that it was the blindfold which was the reason for the darkness.

Hurriedly i opened the tight knot of the cloth and threw it away. Very slowly, all apprehensive opened my eyes-There was light ! Bright light.