There I was, roaming in the forest....Dark....Cold.... Lonely. Searching for one lone,
warm, and uplifting soul. I knew she had to be there among the endless agnate faces, masks, and cold soulless creatures screeming in the darkness.
Never, I thought, never I've searched thousands of cold files in the labyrinth of
ionized gasses, electrons,and copper wiring. In this place of 1s and 0s. I know she must be there, but how long must I live to find that nameless soul. My back pack, filled with Truth and Love is getting heavier and heavier.
Oh, how I want to share the goodness it is filled with. Will I ever find the soul it
belongs to a soul that wants it? Never, I thought, Never. I ran across an old friend, playing in the forest of Ones and Zeros. He said he saw a real soul way over there he pointed the way. It may not be the soul you are looking for, but she is a real soul. Go there, leave your scent, a pic, and some of the truth and honesty you have in your pack. I did, she came and tasted. She was a real soul. I even heard her speak, her voice, still in my head, lulled me to sleep that night. Her name was Fozia. She came back,she ate more,she blew me a kiss that is still bouncing around in my heart. The hope is rising within me everytime I think of her. Everytime i look at the pic she dropped, while tasting from the pack. Slowly, like the incomming tide the hope. Will she come back ? I wonder, will she come back. Oh, how I want to empty this sack, and feast with that uplifting warm soul.
There is enough love in the pack to feast on for an eternity. It isn't as dark now in the forest of Ones and Zeros. The light of hope is trying to push aside the 1s and 0s. There is the freshness of beauty, love, and truth floating in the ionized air. The kiss that now floats in my heart, left a pathway for her to return. Will she come back? Will she come back? Can she brave the fear of the forest to come and eat her fill? Will she let me empty the pack on the ground, fill the forest with the light of truth and play in the love forever. I hope so. I think i dream. I hope so. --------- by Khurram Talpur
