Spring Slumber

As the hours passed, the day of the exam neared, I went into a deep slumber. Into utopia I went with my soul; it was a day 21 years ago.
The final address was being delivered by the Almighty to the batch of souls ready to be imbued into the wombs of earth.
“I am sending you all to a planet earth, for a day. A day here may be a 100 years there. Planet earth is a weird place; people live in illusions and die with delusions. They cherish for the most inanimate, they are driven by the desire to achieve such illusions. They don’t realise the soul and are mesmerized by the phantasmal world. They live in a fool’s paradise. There are people who do, not what their heart says, but what they are told by their peers. They say they possess bliss, but it is hollow, an abyss of sorrow.
I am giving you one life, one day, be what you truly desire to become, do what you truly cherish to do. You have one life; don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
At the end of the day, when you return, you should be happy, from within your soul.”
I got up to appear for the exam, I failed; I changed my lane.
I was sad, looking at sad faces, but I love my new lane, whether or not it brings me fame, whether or not it gives me accolades, I will stay on this new lane, for this is my game, my life, my day out……...