Two droplets

Two water droplets left the cloud they belonged to.. Fighting against roaring wind and small pieces of white clouds, they kept moving towards earth..

Both of them were silent for a while but one couldn’t bear the hush & said “Say something buddy, now we are together till we reach the ground”

The other one said, “Am contemplating”

“Now with only few miles left, last few miles of our lives, we can’t control our speed, direction; what would you achieve by being introvert? Lets enjoy the last moments of this life ”

“How would it help? Still, we can’t change the inevitable”

“Ohh so you are worried about the finale?”

“Yes, aren’t you also worried?”

“Nope! When we are born in a cloud, our end is decided. One day cloud would not bear our load and release us, gravity will pull us down with enormous force and speed that we can’t control”

“We are termed as life on earth yet we can't control our own destiny, isn't this a very cruel law of nature?"

“Hey, hitting ground doesn’t kill us, we just lose our existence as a droplet, we don’t die, we just change our form”

“I am a simple water drop and I would lose my existence, that’s what I know”

“You are water and you still will be. Two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen! Be it in a pond or an ocean, you still will be the same”

“Well, that’s an interesting philosophy, never really thought this way! Okay, so what was it you wanted to talk about?”

“There are hundreds of things to talk, but tell me why we have to fall?”

“What do you mean?”

“Is it because thirsty chaatak (monsoon bird) gazes sky with its furious thirst? Or because somewhere a farmer prays for rainfall?”

“Are you crazy? We just fall because we have to follow the law of nature. Don’t try to glorify our worthless lives!!”

“Lets imagine we fall because the monsoon bird would not drink from any other source and we have the responsibility to make it live, or for some farmer whose family prays for us”

“Well that makes me feel good”

“Now you are getting the point my friend.. Tell me given the choice, where would you want to fall??

“Hmm indeed you are a day-dreamer”

“Ohh come on, we have so many options, a young couple might be wandering on a seashore making impression of their feet on wet sand, you can submerge on those impressions. Or a young boy would have stretched his arms from window and you can land on his small palms. Or you can gently sit on a butterfly and dissolve in its colors”

“Wow I never thought it could be so romantic... "

An elderly figure was hurriedly walking towards home with an umbrella in his hand. One droplet landed on his umbrella and rolled slowly on the ground, the other one dropped on small leaf which could hardly bear its load, it bent and let the drop fall on ground where the first one gently hugged and said “Am waiting to go back to cloud again! I know how lucky I am to be born as a water droplet and have this experience!!”