Friend 2 Friend

LOST AND ALL ALONE by Santosh Acharya

Friendship is the feeling of mutual regard and attachment among persons who
come in contact with one another in life.Like to like is the law that
governs friendship.Life is full of many ups and downs and we need friends at
all times.Thus, friends are an inseparable part of our lives.


My friendship with Aakash started when I was living in Panauti while i was
studying at Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute.At that time i used to live in a
quarter in front of Aakash's house.Being neighbours we became fast
friends.Although he was a few years older than me, we shared the same tastes
and ideas.


Though he had failed in the SLC exam he never gave up hope.He was determined
to pass it in the coming year.He was an excellent barber as well and he
passed his days by working in his own salon.


After my school hours we used to wander around the Gorakhnath Hill.We enjoyed gossiping on serious and sometimes funny
subjects.The view of the Himalayas and Panauti Valley from the summit of
Gorakhnath is astounding.


Every Saturday we used to go to Roshi River to wash our clothes and to take
a bath.Aakash was an excellent swimmer.Once I almost drowned in the deep
Khopasi Pond.It was Aakash who saved me.We were so close to each other that
we never hid anything from each other.As I am a little poetic I used to
recite some of my poems to him and he felt very happy.


Our friendship established a very good and close relationship between our
families also.We were such fast friends that we were ready to sacrifice
anything for each other if the need arose.Mutual understanding,toleration
and the willingness to forgive are the best qualities that I found in
him.His friendship rendered prosperity more brilliant and made adversity
more bearable.We both were great medicines for each other for all the ills
of life.His counsel, his sympathy and his assistance lightened my
anxieties.Although we faced many problems, obstacles and deceptions, we
solved them together, tactfully.


One day when I was returning to home from the school I saw a big crowd in
front of Aakash's house.I grew frightened.Someone was weeping bitterly.I walked quickly to the spot.There a sight greeted me beyond my worst nightmare.I saw
the dead body of my beloved friend Aakash.I was told that he had been run over by a bus.That scene pierced my heart.I felt as if someone had poured boiling hot water on me.My sight was blurred with tears and my ears were ringing.I felt paralysed and suffocated.I was shattered and heart broken.Every part of my body went numb.

No matter how hard i cried but my friend didn't come to wipe my tears.I asked God why He had taken my friend and what his fault was but the statue remained silent.

Now, though I have many friends I am still alone for I haven't found my Aakash.I will always remember him.He lives in my heart and the memories we made are forever fresh in my mind .I don't understand why he was taken away but I pray to god that his departed soul may rest in peace.