Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Down the Aisle

How did he manage to jump onto the train?
Legs and hands are there but are not working. No voice.
Only the glance on his mid-aged face.

Seeing him slide his partially working body down the aisle and beg for money, I was so tempted to follow him and know him. As an immediate reaction, I wanted to give him the chai I was to start drinking…but of course chai is not what he needed.

What does he need? How can someone who cannot walk or talk need anything which I could give? …I wanted to touch his Spirit somehow…He had certainly touched mine.

1 comment:

dipti vaghela said...

Hi Sima! I was going thru posts and saw this. I'm sorry I never replied! I'll watch Emmanuel's Gift with my parents soon -- thank you!