ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sg]nw tSms¶s* FWn¡sÃXm? Wn³s_ GKv H¶pw tWm¡msS Wo Ss¶ DÅt¸mÄ Wn³s_ fp_o kt¶Wv…? tfmWp H^p sg]pfpw co sI¿* tNt«m. sF tWm Cäv– sWu. AsSms¡ Wm¨p_ B\v. tfmWq³s_ FKnWp hyq«dnÄ B\v. MmWnt¸m kt¶ A¡m^yw fm{Sw b_]mWm. f½n ASv N*p F¶v- sk¨p tfm³ kngfn¡ptkm N^t]zm sI]vsS¡Ãv…”
dndn³ NnX¡]n Wns¶jpt¶äp AkÄ¡enfpOfm]n NnX¡]n C^p¶p.
“”””f½o, Mm³ Mm³ f½osW HmÀ¯nÃtÃm…”
Ak³ N®pNÄ SpX¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”””f½n b¸m]nÃmsS CS©mfs¯ sNmÃftÃ? CSpkt^w B^pw f½ns]¸än tfmlfm]n«v H¶pw b_ªn«nÃ. f½n H¯n^n sI_p¸w AtÃ? Cu {bm]¯n f½ns]t¸m`pÅ F{S sb®p§am Io¯t¸^v tNav¸nIn^n¡ps¶? H¯n^n DUmi^\w H¶pw tk*. f½osX NqsX tKm`n sI¿p¶ hcoW Bân, fm`Sn]mân…Cks^¸än Hs¡ N^¡m^p b_]p¶Sv tNÄ¡\w. ASv tbms` F{St]m tb^m…bs£ Cks^¡mapw hpµ^n, Aks^¡mapw {bm]w Np_ª f½ns]¸än FÃm^pw s_hvsbNväm]n«m b_]ps¶. At¶^fm\v Mm³ C§sW hz´w hpOw…t¨..Mm³..”
Ak³s_ hz^w ko*pw CX_n.
“”””ASv hm^fnsÃs¶…A§sW hz´w hpOw C¨n^ns]ms¡ tWm¡otàF³s_ tfm³ bns¶ F§sW]m tWmÀ½Â BNps¶?”
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p.
dndn³ knlzmhw k^msS Aksa tWm¡n.
“”””fnjn¨p tWm¡n B hpµ^³ N®pNÄ skao ImXn¡*. sI]vtSm CX]vs¡ms¡…f½n]v¡v kngfw Cöv- fm{Skà …CWn A§sW…”
AkÄ fpãn Ip^p«n A´^o£¯n`qsX D]À¯pN]pw Smjv¯pN]pw sI]vSpsNm*p H^p NphrSn¸p©n^nt]msX AksW tWm¡n b_ªp.
“”””….C§sW sI¿p¶ B b\n]v¡v C¯n^n Dt¯KWw Nn«m³ sfmssd ImÀKv sI¿m³ f½n ssbthw St¶¡mw,”
“”””At¿…f½n,”
Ak³ Aksa tSman AXn¡m³ Nt¿m§n.
“”””At¿ Cu f½n,”
AXn]v¡m³ H^p§n] ssN]n bnXn¨psNm*v AksW Nan]m¡n AkÄ b_ªp.
“”””C¸w F¶m I½`m…At¶^w Nm\mWm^p¶p fpOw. ImNm³ sSmX§p¶tbms`]m Ns®ms¡]n^ps¶,”
AkÄ N®pNÄ fnjn¨pNm\n¨p.
“”””t¨ f½n, fn*mSn^n f½n. C¸w AsSms¡ HmÀ¡p¼w H^p kÃm¯ I½Â..”
AkÄ In^n¨p. AkWpw.
“”””Fs´ms¡]m b_sª..Aks^¡mÄ f½n sI_p¸fm\v…Aks^¡mÄ f½n hpµ^n]m\v…Dw ..Dw…WÃ thm¸v..l^n¡pw bS¸n¡mW_n]mw F³s_ tbm¶ptfmWv…”
“”””bns¶..ASv bS¸o^pw sbmS¸o^pw H¶pkÃ. {bm]w Ft´s^s]m*v f½n¡v?”
“”””fVp^¸SntWjv–!”
AkÄ sImXn¨psNm*p b_ªp.
“”””ASpsNm*m\tÃm N¼nNp«³.sWäv