Stars

He looked at the stars wondering what secrets they held and what they had witnessed till now. All those years of staying in one place staring down at the mundane planet would have made him bored, but they weren’t him were they? Did they stay in one place or did they move around? Or was it just a draped illusion to ensure that people never questioned what lay beyond their existence of their so called entity of rock that they resided on. Didn’t they want to know what was out there? Or was this what they wanted him to think? Question his beliefs; fed lies since birth, programmed to believe what he was supposed to believe and then to act upon what they taught him. He was no more than a simple device controlled by an operating system and programs installed, so he functioned the way he should, his fate sealed since birth. What was the point of living if he didn’t have control over his life? He couldn’t even pull the plug if he wanted to. But he knew one thing. He was supposed to enjoy the dark sky filled with those glittering snow globes and forget what he had thought about just now.

‘What are you thinking about?’ the girl in white asked him. He looked at her; her coiled locks ruffled in the strong wind as the vessel made its way to its destination.

‘Just looking at the stars’ he smiled.

She smiled back.