The Shape of our lives- Part 1

I told u so much and so less. That unlike you who is ridden by the doubts that pave your path to the next life; mine still linger from the previous birth; like the aftermath of a bad paralytic attack. That our karmic connection is so intense that it will take several generations and many more lives to wipe the karma of one birth. That we share more than you can ever imagine........

We were born out of the same womb in our lives....almost at the same time. To two different men; however. She was an intense woman. A snake charmer. Who charmed snakes (and men) leaving them quivering to her intensity. She lived multiple lives in the lantern shaped cottage by the end of the world. Or between the worlds. At the very threshold. Shadowed in the white light and illuminated by the blue of the darkness. To a weary traveler conversing the worlds; it looked as if the cottage hung in mid air, held by the invisible hand. The lantern shaped cottage with she the light within; casting the blue white glow with her beauty and charms to creatures on either side.

The fact was however different. As a young toddler to unknown parents she had wandered into the middle of the forest; by the shimmering lake. There she found a playmate, one of the most unexpected kind. Snakes. They took fancy to her and she to them. Instead of being a meal to the family the parents to indulge their sons and daughters (even in those long lost days some things were quite the same) adopted her as a family. When she grew up into a lass with skin as fair as the ice shimmering on the mountains above and eyes as green as the undergrowth in the Amazon jungles. She learnt all the arts and sciences that the creatures of the land and sea are aware of. She could glide up as easily she could walk on water. For all her charms and powers she came to be known as Maya.

But everything comes at a cost. To protect their closely guarded secrets they put her in this secluded cottage. She could meet the people traversing the worlds (which were rare as one in hundred years and her keepers didn’t really like that she should entertain them as well) but for the rest of it she was all alone....with the snakes to keep her company.