Born to shine...

Sitara and the Cloud

It was one of those nights - cold, stormy, dark and scary - the one which could frighten any human being. For the stars, it was like a dream come true. Nothing adds more to a star's beauty than the darkness, light and darkness are like Romeo and Juliet, they just can't leave each other alone.

So, this star, they called him Sitara was twinkling happily in the dark night sky. Slowly, as the Humans went into an inert state by switching off their bedroom lights, darkness started replacing those lights. Sitara, encouraged by the darkness, started twinkling with more energy and frequency, he was loving it, loving the fact that he was serving the purpose of its existence. He rejoiced at the fact that he was a good star, his friends and family were all proud of him and it meant everything to him. He was a good star, who had good friends and he was proud of them, his most prized possessions.

Life has its own way of teaching us a few things. You might not want to grow up, you might not want to be mature, but you have to, eventually. The best thing about life is that no body can force you to grow up...the worst part is that it's not your call, fate can do wonders, forcing you to grow up when you least expect it being one of them. And it happened, suddenly a big white cloud, gaining momentum from the stormy winds - taking various deceptive forms - started blowing and obstructed the view of Sitara. It was the same cloud. He tried to control his nerves, it wasn't the first time after all, but stars don't like it, the fact that they can't do anything about it makes it more unbearable for them. Sitara was one of them but now he had enough.

He said to himself, "No, not again. What is his problem? Why always me. Well, this is it, i can control myself once or even twice, but i just can't let it become a habit."

Everyone told him to calm down, they told him there was nothing Starringly possible that they could do.

He answered them, "We are stars, right? We were made to shine, to twinkle and to make everyone watching us happy...and i won't let anybody take that away from me, cause that's what i was born for. I never did anything bad to this cloud, then why the fuck he has a problem with me. I won't let him take what's mine, i won't let him shatter my self-respect, not every time. This is it, i will fight. I didn't ask for it but since that cloud asked for it, i won't disappoint him. The war is on."

They warned him, "You are just a star, you don't stand a chance against that cloud. That cloud is like that, ignore him, besides he is more powerful, you will lose, you are nothing."

Sitara replied, "That's the problem. Just because we have taken him for granted doesn't means he can play with our emotions, not with mine at least. I will try 20 times - i don't care if i fail 19 times out of that - but even if i succeed once out of those 20 times, that's enough for me. Because this not about supremacy, not at all...but it is about self-respect, and even once if i succeed in hitting back, those 19 hits i receive won't mean anything, cause i would have earned my self-respect."

They understood there was no use trying. Finally, the gave up and said, "Okay then, go ahead. We will back you up, let's see what happens. Don't worry about anything, nothing can happen to you till we are here. You just..."

He stopped them midway, " I know you all care for me. I know we are a family and i am a part of it and you care for me. But this is different, this is my war and i will fight it alone. This cloud has a problem with me and it will be only me who will deal with this. Just be there to take me back home in case something happens to me but no one will join me in this war, i will fight alone. He started it and i am gonna end it, period!"

No one said anything, they understood it was inevitable.

As fate had it, a war was raged and somebody won. No one knew who won, nobody cared to know actually...but they all knew one thing, that there was a star who had to fight, against his wish, against his philosophies and against his principles. A star who refused to remain dormant, who fought for his self respect.
Sitara, a star, who was born to shine!

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Playing in my head - "Winds of change" by Scorpions.