SCRABBLES!!!
I woke up one day after a satisfying sleep….
Looking outside the window I thought
Let’s do something, something
I haven’t done before….. Let’s play
SCRABBLES!!!
So I start playing with words….
Jumbling with letters
Pushing one in
Popping one out
(All computer terms, never mind)
Beginners luck!!!
As they say, you start with something
Pretty nice…
Words like
Commence
Approach
Head start
Embark
All giving you the feeling
You are starting a journey…
So I continue….
For some time,
Blood continues to boil…
Words like
Glamorous
Inspiring
Stimulating
Bling
It seems all interesting
The world, as if calling
Come, unlock my secrets!
I pay heed….
So comes the next few words
Words like
Research
Question
Enquiry
Explore
But then, a sudden bitterness
Some not so interesting words
Rather disappointing to get
In a scrabbles game…..
Words like
Wander
Aimless
Roam
Meander
Vagabond
So I ask myself
Do you have an aim?
Yes
What is your aim?
Then came next few words
Words like
Confused
Scattered
Incoherent
Befuddled
What is going on?
Why this sudden thorniness?
Then came scary words….
Words like
Lost
Confounded
Disconnected
Bewildered
But I have already started the game!
How can I stop?
My heart shakes at the sight of the words…
Still, I continue….
So came the next set of torture
Words like
Dragging
Frustration
Thwarting
I was starting to hate the game…
Felt like quitting….
Dunno why I went on…
In spite of
Words like
Pressure
Coerce
Pull
Drag
As if I’m carrying a heavy load
Against my wish…
Things never looked worse…
I pressed my eyes with my palm…
Unable to withstand the pain….
So came words like daggers
Flying towards me….
Words like
Aggravation
Suffer
Ache
Ail
Anguish
As a result of these
Came words like
Tear
Distress
Pathetic
Miserable
Sense of inferiority complex
Occupies my mind entirely…
I’m unable…. Unable to play the game…
But just before I close the board
I thought
Anyways I am losing the game…
Let’s make the game remember
That I am the worst loser ever
To have played scrabbles…
So I clench my teeth
Closing my eyes and then
Wiping away the tears….
I ‘play’ the ‘game’…
And immediately get
A powerful word
Determination….
A single one…
Enough to jumpstart the engine
That’s been rusty for long…
I get words like
Strive
I work and get ‘hard’
Reminds me of hard work….
I have nothing to lose anymore…
So I get words like
Slog
Plod
Trudge
Keeping my nose to the grindstone….
I work and work with words
I play with words…
Words become my life…..
I am still playing…
Working to reach my destination
Playing to get these words-
Words like
Goal
Achieve
Destination
Oddment
And two very important words
‘answers’ and ‘success’……..
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