ICU ke bahar ghadi ki tik-tik beta ke dil par chot kar rahi thi.
Har second bhari lag raha tha.
Usne maa ki diary seene se laga li
aur pehli baar sachche dil se dua maangi.
Kuch der baad ICU ka darwaza dheere se khula.
Doctor bahar aaye.
Is baar unke chehre par sukoon tha.
"Ab khatre ki koi baat nahi,"
doctor ne kaha,
"maa strong hain… bohot strong."
Beta wahi baith kar ro pada.
Shukr ke aansu,
jo sirf maa ke liye behte hain.
Ward mein maa aankhen khol rahi thi.
Beta paas gaya,
"Maa… aapne dara diya tha."
Maa ne halki si muskurahat ke saath kaha,
"Beta, maa hoon…
abhi tujhe bohot door tak chalna hai,
maa tujhe akela kaise chhod deti?"
Bete ne maa ka haath pakad liya.
Usne diary ka aakhri safha khola.
Us par likha tha:
"Maa tab tak saath rehti hai,
jab tak beta khud par bharosa karna na seekh le."