Birdie shed a tear and looked around her, looking at the people who have lost hope. She felt their pain and sorrow through their eyes, but she knew that If only they believed strongly that hope still existed then they wouldn’t be as sad as they are right now. Birdie walked like a lost child, wandering, not knowing where she was heading to. Everywhere she went she found a person crying, cursing hope and trying to stop themselves from dreaming. Birdie felt sad, so lost and so confused. Why are people so pessimistic? Why can’t they be optimistic about life? Why can’t they just let time tell? 

As birdie walked quietly, between the crowds, she found a women holding onto something with her eyes closed so tightly. It was a weird moment.
Birdie moved closer to her and bent down, she kept looking at the woman, trying to figure out what she was focusing her mind on. She touched the woman so gently, the woman opened her eyes and looked at birdie and smiled so calmly. Birdie, out of a sudden, felt so secure, so ease inside and so calm. The woman’s eyes were glowing with happiness, joy and h hope. 

Birdie and the lady just stared at each other for minutes, then the lady whispered “go.. You don’t belong here” Birdie didn’t want to let go of the woman’s hand. But she had to because the woman kept on repeating so gently “just go.. Hope is waiting” Birdie got up and walked away slowly, Then turned back to look at the woman because her existence there was so inevitable. As the time birdie turned to look at her, the last was gone, simply not there. Birdie smiled then shrugged and went on to the path that the woman had told her to take. The lady was like a beautiful diamond lost in a huge sea.  As birdie kept walking, people around her kept looking at her strangely. Birdie paid them no attention and went on. She head people around her shout “there’s no hope! Give up!” Bride smiled sarcastically and continued walking. She believed deep down that hope is just one step away. She knew that her dreams will all come true; it is all just a matter of time. Life is like a battle field, in order to live, you should be able to compete and that was what birdie was doing.  She learnt the art of war in order to fight people who try to let her lost hope. She knew that now nothing could stop her from fulfilling her dreams. She believed strongly that her Creator – Allah- would make her dreams come true, she only has to believe it more and more and hopefully her dreams will get fulfilled. Written on : 27/11/2005