ആകാശമില്ലാത്ത നക്ഷത്രം [Smitha]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv WnÀ¯*. C¸w tkUsWsX NqsX hptOmw D*v. Wo]Xnt¨m. Np¯n]Xnt¨m. Np¯n]q^n Nant¨m. iitimiv,”
AkapsX A^s¡«v kn_bq*p.
“”””FWn¡v sbm«n…bnt¶w sbm«n kÀ¡o.. im]vHivi…”
kÀ¡n ]{´s¯t¸ms` hwim^emkw bq*v BªXn¡m³ SpX§n. hnhn`n ASnWWph^n¨v A^s¡«v tbm¡n]p]À¯ns¡mXp¯p. Ak^psX Wà Aakn bp_t¯¡v k¶psNm*n^p¶ lp¢kpw fUK`kpw NqXn¡`À¶v- SmamßNfm] lÐw AknsX fpj§n. kÀ¡n]psX A^s¡«mt\m hnhn`n]psX I´nNamt\m Gäkpw tkP¯n I`n¡p¶sS¶v b_]m³ kngfw.
“”””FXm kÀ¡o,”
CX]v¡v AkÄ A]msa knan¨p.
AXn SpX^p¶SnWnX]n kÀ¡v AkapsX fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.
“”””F³s_ sfm`]v¡v Ct{Sw fpjps¸m*m]n«v H^p {bt]mKtWmw CtÃXm?”
Ak³ H^p ssNsNm*v AkapsX fp` bp_s¯Xp¡m³ {lfn¨p.
“”””tk*, Mm³ Ss¶ bp_s¯Xp¡mw,”
AkÄ ssWän¡pÅn Wn¶v- kn§nkoÀ¯pNnX¶ fp`NÄ bp_s¯Xp¯p.
“”””C¶m, ^*pw l^n¡v sM¡ns¸m«n¡v,”
fp`NÄ ^*pssNNÄsNm*pw FXp¯p]À¯n AkÄ AktWmXp b_ªp. kÀ¡n]psX b^pb^p¯ ssN¯`w AkapsX fp`Nan AfÀ¶p.
“”””l^n¡v Nl¡v…FWn¡v tkUWn¡nÃ…fp_ps¡ ..CWow fp_ps¡…im..iiii…Hmtimtimtim…”
Aksa SpÅnkn_]v¡m³ SpX§n.
f`]na¡n k^p¶ sNmXp¦mäptbms` kÀ¡n Akan BtklWr¯w sI]vSp. sNmXp¦mänWp Nosj hpOSmZWfWpekn¡p¶ Sn^fm`NÄ tbms` AkÄ sk«nkn_¨p.

D¨]v¡v Du\pNjnªv Xo kn]psX fp¼n`n^n¡pt¼mÄ dndnsâ hfobt¯¡v hnhn`n k¶p.
“”F¶SmXm tbm{Pmw?””
“”GgymsWäv AkmÀZv ssWäv B\v f½n,””
“”Hm..Bt\m. F¶m bßnWn¡m^n¡pw sdÌv As{Îhv AkmÀZv. tX]vNv Hm\n F¶m sbÀtcmÀf³hm!””
hUÊn fp³Wn^]n Ss¶ bßnWn]n^n¡p¶Sv hnhn`n N*p.
“”Nt*m, Mm³ b_ªntÃ,””
N_p¯tXm¸v A\nªv bßnWn sSt¡m¯v F¶ hpµ^n]pw dp²nlm`nWn]pfm] WXn bp©n^n¨psNm*p fp³ Wn^]n`n^n¡p¶Sv dndnWpw N*p.
“”kngmU]mt{S AenW]n¨¸w N* bßnWn]m\v CsS¶v- B^pb_]pw?””
“”l^n]m A¶v- W^´v tbms`]n^p¶ sb®m,””
“”AtS…””
Ak³ In^n¨p.
“”Wos]´m In^nt¨?””
“”AÃ, A¶kÄ¡v A½nª Sos^ CÃm^p¶p,””
“”Wn³s_ Nm^yw!””
hnhn`n Ak³s_ tSman bSns] AXn¨p.
“”At§m«p fmt{S tWm¡q,””
“”””At§m«p fmt{S tWm¡q,”
dndn³Nan]m]n hnhn`n b_ª km¡pNÄBkÀ¯n¨p.
“”””sb®p§Ä¡v Cãfm B\p§ÄAk^psX N¼nNp«³.sWäv