Homeless and Hopeless

16-07-2018

1 year 5 month back

I was holding my guitar and singing a song I composed at a railway station when a shadow pass by me and sat beside me it was common for people to sit and enjoy while waiting for their trains so I didn't mind it.

one hour passed, second hour and the person sat next to me didn't move for a second in last 8 hours, at midnight at last I completed my day and started packing my stuff and decided to go home.

just then a sweet voice entered my ears " Mr the way you sing and the amount they pay you is not enough to compensate for even one stanza of your song".

" it's enough for me " I slung my guitar bag and started to move for my house, it was fifteen minutes already and the same girl was following me I turned towards her and said irritatingly " stop following me are you a stalker".

she paused for while but she increased the distance between us, so I could not understand that she was following me but what she didn't know was that I was not complete blind but partial blind I could see shadows of people and each person had his own shape so it was easy to distinguish between them.

" Are you a thief, are you planning to attack me, let me tell you I didn't earn much as you yourself saw earlier" this time I was shouting at her annoyed at the little pest. she ran towards me I put my stick in between us as a warning.

"ohhh Mr you can see, were you tricking people put of their money, but don't worry I won't tell anyone about you" she said it patting my shoulder like a pet I shrugged her and tried to focus at this pesky girl but again disappointed as I couldn't see anything other than blur which was making me angry. So, I used my stick and tapped at her knee and shouted " get lost don't irritate me".

instead of replying she started groaning loudly " Mr why did you hit me where I was hurt are you sure you are blind". This instantly made me anxious for her wound which I don't know why, I immediately bend down and started touching her knee to feel for injury.

" hey Mr stop touching me I am still a maiden you know if you will touch me you have to take responsibility for me" I snorted at her response " Are you sure about that because I don't think you are more than 13, what I think is that you are just a child who ran from her house".

" Mr I am 18 years old I can vote legally you know, when I can choose the president why can't I live alone" she replied. I shrugged and said " how would I know after all I am just a blind guy it's your words against my blindness"

" Mr trust me I don't lie, infact I hate those who lie at me, I prefer to be stabbed by truth rather than cuddled by lie" her words surprised me I was curious for her but I decided to curb my curiosity and directly asked her " then why are you following me, what are your intention".

" Mr I am a young maiden what intention I would have for you at this age , it's just that..." she paused after saying that and I started moving forward showing her that if she didn't tell me then he had other thing to do.

She ran towards me pulled my hands and said " wait wait I just want to ask if I can live with you for few days, you see I am homeless and hopeless right now, Mr please help me!!!"

I raised my eyebrows at her " how do you know that I am not a homeless person who sleep at road side and how can you trust me?"

She giggled" Mr if you are homeless than I live in castle, do you know the clothes in your body would easily cost an average person his 6 month salary"

I slapped myself and grumbled at Aiden my brother for that and asked her " what about second question" she was quite for a while and said " Music never lie Mr, and your song can convince a person to live then how could the person singing it be bad". After listening to it I let her follow me , from that day I never asked for her to leave and she never decided to leave. We lived in a perfect harmony for 1 year 5 month.