Eternal
Two cars totally trashed, a head-on
collision in the pouring rain. One carried a mother with her daughters, the
other a middle-aged businessman. The paramedics had reached the scene quickly, but could do nothing for them. They
were still trying to breathe life into the mother when the strange man
appeared.
Mingling
with the passers-by who braved the storm for a few moments, he watched the more
blood-curious moving closer to the mangled metal for a better view. The victims,
now in shock, hovered towards him.
“Don’t
worry, everything will be all right. This is not the end, only the continuation
of your eternal flow.”
The
mother held onto her children, drifting in a daze
towards him. The middle-aged businessman, in a suit and tie, also began to move
in his direction.
“Where
are you going?” The strange man held his palm up.
“To…I’m…”
said the suit, stopping in his tracks.
“Overtaking,
were you? On a road where it’s forbidden? See that unbroken white line, it’s
there for a reason... and I guess you were speeding too, huh?”
The
suit stood still.
“What’s
wrong with speeding? I do it all the time.”
“Sorry,
I’m not taking you, you’re not on my list. Speeding, it shows a complete lack
of respect.” The strange man glanced over to the roadside signalling the man
aside. “There are others who will come for you.”
The
suit was carrying something in his right hand.
“Is that
what I think it is?” The strange man pointed to the black object held in the
suit’s hand, a mobile phone. “Definitely not taking you.”
No
sooner said, they heard a jabbering of tongues and fluttering of wings. The
others had come to do their work.
“Hey,
they’re so cute.” The suit greeted the little creatures as they flew around
him. “Hello,” he said, as he gave them a smile. The next moment, the suit fell
to the ground, feet roped up, and was being dragged off into the dark, dismal
night.
“Hey!
What? Hey!…Help!”
There
were selfish monkeys like this everywhere around
the world, doing whatever they wished with no regard for their fellow man.
Perhaps they all took a questionnaire which allowed them to act this way,
preferably a ‘Yes/No’ questionnaire, as that was all their self-centred little
brains could handle.
“And
do you… steal subordinates ideas and suggestions and take them as your own in
the next board meeting?”
“Why,
yes.”
“…Drive
like an idiot with little or no regard for the law or fellow drivers?”
“Of
course, yes.”
“…Take
a hugely inflated salary with no qualms, knowing full well that it is
undeserved, that what you do for it does not qualify it?”
“How
do you think I got here today?”
“Please,
yes or no.”
“Yes.”
“Do
you sign a job description and take full responsibility for your actions and
decisions?”
“No,
that’s quite absurd.”
“Do you pass on responsibility to
anyone else regardless of who they are, if your actions and decisions create a
problem?”
“Yes.
Isn’t that my job?”
“Please,
I’m asking the questions here…Do you treat your fellow colleagues and
subordinates with the respect they deserve?”
“No.”
“Congratulations,
you’ve got the job! Here’s your inflated salary, a pass to the executive
washroom, and your Audi keys.”
The
four of them stood there as the the suit disappeared feet first and the scene
unfolded with paramedics and other services completing their gruesome but
honourable duties. The strange man opened up a portal.
“You’ll
soon be home.”
The
mother and her family had now changed shape and remembered their original goal,
they were ready to return. Two angels came down through the portal and took the
three souls in their arms, leading them into the light.
As
the portal closed, the strange man took one final look. Shrugging his coat
tight on his shoulders, he turned and left.
