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Handicapped

Handicapped



Blind. Deaf. And dumb.

Was the first thing to conceptualize in my subconscious mind after childhood.

It remained. Got stronger. Continued up until assurance. 

That who thinks inside a box. In a box. Says a box. Calls everything a box. Every thing, every household item. Every object. You name it.

Was once got name called a box. They got hit in the roof. It actually came true. 

Blind, deaf and dumb echo every walk of life. Of shame but no fame. 

Where do I fit in. 

The man of the world, after traveling far and wide, thinks in that box.

I live in a box.

A separate cube. Vacuumed and disconnected from the actual box by choice. By my spatial mind. With time and space difference.

A little girl sits in the corner of that space. Arms hugging her knees. She wears a white frock, black shoes, has glossy hair.

Innocence on the face. She's mute, mouth slightly open. She looks across the door to observe the world spinning. 

I look at her for a moment. A faint smile creases a corner of my mouth.

I turn around to leave, leaving her there. She's hopeless, that kid! Helpless. I step outside, closing the door behind me. 


Blind deaf and dumb...

Yes, it comes again.

I face it. Will face it. I will face it until it departs. Or I will face it until I become the face myself. Until I become blind deaf and dumb.


Tired of hearing that on repeat?

I'm annoyed too.