Ankur Jyoti Saikia EXILED

My silence screamed, ‘I chose to be exiled’. “Why choose such fate?” - It was the ladies. And I sighed, “How else to be dignified and alive at the same time?”. And they had to accept, for nothing required their consent. I was exiled, that too without notice. What a royal drama! It amused me and appeased the audience. But while I was being swept out from the fortress of civilized to the recluse of brutes, I bore seeds that would be transplanted onto the throne. Years later, the audience returned. I know not for progeny or penitence! Those men and women of assorted births pleaded for my return. I chose to take refuge in the soil that taught me to value trees, while men will always prefer fruits. Let the royal one born of fire choose his stream!