Many say that a vibrant smile is an end to many a problem this world faces. Sometimes the smile stems from eternal bliss, and on other occasions it is a facade all painted and glowing hiding all the pain. So choosing to smile and as they say sharing smiles is a choice either those take who are truly happy or those who may be torn from the inside yet there is enough in them to contain this pain to their heart and not let it pass to the face.
One may choose to be a joker, yes a joker! People choose to be freaks. Because what that gives you is a shell, people rarely are capable enough to see beyond the paint and lights. They can rarely, if ever judge the true cause of a smile! Yet there is a lingering sense that there would be understanding. There would be an eye deep enough to see beyond the many layers you have built around yourself. But becoming a joker, has its own price, a price we pay in terms of credibility. People can feel sympathy for a criminal who steals to feed his children , yet never will they feel sympathy for that joker. Because the criminal and his motive are not hidden yet the joker and his motive are shrouded in mystery.
All who chose to hide behind the persona of a joker or of a freak, know they never will be taken seriously. They don't demand to be taken seriously, they don't demand respect. They don't want anything from you, but never think, that disrespect doesn't hurt them.
There are days when the hurt is so much that the facade is crumbling, They are barely holding it together, it is like a nuclear reaction reaching critical mass. There are days when the silent volcano can take no more and then it just explodes. The lava that might burn everything is a symbol of the pain it had encapsulated in his heart.
When a joker ends his performance and bows down to salute the crowd, in that moment when all of you are clapping and laughing, hidden behind all the gloss and light a tear escapes and rolls down his cheek. Before you even saw it, it was lost and before you even noticed the joker smiled again...
Before you even noticed the freak shouted once again and you dismissed it as cynicism...
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
ReplyDeleteCharlie Chaplin
Ammar, very well written: there are so many of you and me out there who tend to live their lives for others and find there happiness associated with others. Smiling, or making someone at peace, is a thankless and most difficult chore in this world. In my opinion simple smile could not only win hearts but battles as well. As faraz said: "dhund ujray howay logo may wafa kay moti"..............so in simple words a person who smiles and makes other laugh, is the person in real emotional pain which cant be seen. Yes they dont demand money, or any thing in return, at times, not even respect but yet irony of life is that all such people are badly brutulized by human race, but than thats the art (basis) required of being such soulful person. I will like to quote my own verse here from a ghazal (which might make sense to you, see if u can interpret)
Ruhh tarapti hay, jism machalta hay, chehra chamakta hay
[Dard jismani nahi, rohani hay or bas kuch jigar ki thakaan ka hay]
Nice work man, very well conceptualized.