The Unused Tea Set!

The place where her heart stayed, her innocence resided; it was the place constructed with the love of people and fabricated by their sweat! All was good until one day it turned into a just piece of no man’s land, occupied with the withered leaves and birds stopped coming there.

There it was, the unused tea set, kept somewhere in the safe place, so it won’t get broken. The tea set probably saw all their struggle, for it was always there, right from the beginning, waiting to come out of its dust-ridden box. Alas, it was never used, it was saved for the special occasion.

The occasion, however, never came. Was it that, nothing special happened ever in their lives. Of course not! The place saw birthdays being celebrated and the wedding bells ringing. Then there were some special guests coming, and she asked her mother,

Mother, shall we use that tea-set?

No, we will use it on some other occasion! The answer came.

The festivals were celebrated and she was honoured many times for her success, her eyes always looking for that tea set.

She went from places to places, dreamt and lived and wandered, only to return someday to the place where she believed she belongs. She returned, only to find, the kingdom is no more, the waves of laughter of the people had disappeared. Her eyes still looking for that tea-set. She found it, it was safe, unbroken, untouched and unused. It appeared just as she remembered when she was 5 years old.

The tea-set was finally used. That day marked the beginning of the new journey of her life, she realized, for that special occasion will never come.

This moment we have is special. Special in its own way!