Never the elevator.
Elevators scare me. Always have.
It has been fifty-five years since I last stepped into an elevator.
It’s hard to always use the stairs. But it’s harder to think of taking the elevator.
Can you understand how helpless a lonely child can be when confronted by a molester inside an elevator with soundproof, cold walls?
No one to help. No one to see. No one to listen. No one to save an innocent childhood. Till the lift door opens again.
Can you see the elevator taking you back to your childhood, a painful, scarred childhood?
I can.
**** An offering of short fiction by Farrukh Naeem, dedicated to the Blank Noise project ****
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
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I'm scared of elevators anyway. Claustrophobic. You've added a new edge to my fears.
Don't fear. Just be aware Batul. It's a wild world out there, I mean in there
Actually started feeling claustrophobic as I read the post.
I'm blogging for the blog a thon too. Check out http://www.muserkim.com
Is this wat u call "LIFT"ING UP the SPIRITS?? :(
I would agree with Kim, I did get sense of fear & claustriphobia radiating out from my computer screen as I read your post. Very effective.
i think you have touched on a very important point here.. how children's minds can get so easily scarred for life. great post!
I liked the way this is built. Child abuse and molestation in public spaces is a huge concern and I am glad that you brought out something that wasn't just a Pinky Virani kind of sensationalism but a certain experiential insight into the issue.
Nishant
http://www.latelyontime.livejournal.com
sad.
what else can i say?
I blogged about another kind of harassment in my blog.
My god..that was potent, raw emotion. Very well-written. I'd appreciate it if you read something I've written....
http://behindcobwebs.blogspot.com/2005/02/music-lesson-with-lolita.html
you managed to choke me.. scary !
Wonderful all the same.Brevity is the soul of..
Thank you so much for your responses, people. I am lost for words, as always. Hope to be visiting all your blogs and reading your feelings and thoughts too, God willing.
Hey Kim: I guess the words did work.
Hey Einsteinophile: This is what I call the fall of humanity.
Hey Akshay: Did you really feel that? I guess the feelings came through in my writing.
Hey s!: It's sad but true, even children are not spared.
Hey Nishant: I could have made this sensational and gathered lots of comments, but chose not to. You are the one guy who understood this.
Hey Banished Soul: I'll have to check out what kind you have written about
Hey Ideasmith: Thanks, I am surely going to visit you too and read what you have to say
Hey Kaveeta: How can one write pages of this, few words are choking enough!
Thank you all once again for atking the time not to just read but also give feedback
Farrukh, dont do this to me...i was just getting over the fear of lifts!!! nice post, well written as always...effective....am linking u to my blog...:-)
i don't mind the glass ones but i hate those dodgy ones that u might be forced to use in some old buildings :$
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