Lalhmangaisang

Mihriem hringnun hi hriethhiem antak ngei, ei vanglai par angin ei vul hlut hlut a, sawtnaw te hnunga chuoi nawk nghalin. Khawvela hringnun ei hmanglai hin thil tamtak ei poimaw ve hlak, Lal ṭawngtai na a khawm inkhawm zat deuthaw ei hril hlak, "nitin ka fak khawp bu mi pe la" ti Isu Krista'n ami belsa pek nasan hi mihriem hai duamnaa sip ei ni zie le thil ei mamaw tawntaw chu nitin bu fak khawp nei hi alo ni zie hai amin hrietdawk tir hlak ka hril ve phat le. Vawikhat chu van tieng nga puma in ngaituo veng vengin hrietsuok thar ka hung nei phuta, ṭhenkhat chun piengtharna an ti ang a ni diem chu ka hrietnaw, "thil ei mamaw tawntaw naw chu nei lo um hin ingtinam lungril um ata, Pathien amin hnai tir sawt ding am?" ti hi anih. Kan ngaituo na a chun, "thil popo nei inla khawm ei lung a awi chuongnaw chun thil popo neinaw inla teh ei lung a awi diem?",ti thu hin saihlin ka bawk taka per angin ka lungril a ami hung denga ,ka tlu tawpa ti lang chu khel ka ...

I remebered my first day of school,how I cried and clung to the round pillars not wanting to enter the class because it was scary with all the other children crying and scary faces of the teachers who were strangers.My parents wanted me to have a proper education,an english medium school because they couldn't speak english.My father was a teacher when I was young and he knew the value of good education.I was never dropped by my parents on the second day of school because I have a younger sister and they expected me to look after myself,follow instructions of the teachers and preferably not get lost between the school gate and the auto,I was 3 years old.I remember the auto ride between the school and home,it was quiet dangerous for kids to sit on because autos have no protective wire mash or walls proctecting the kids from falling off but that was what made auto rides exciting.We would fight over who gets to sit on the sides of the driver because the kid who sits there has a work,h...

Here I write this words in remembrance of the things that happened and I smiled even though she will never be mine, she's the one that got away but the circumstances by which here I am, not sad, just happy is because she changed me, she changed me for the better. She’s a warm ray of sunshine, a free spirit in this tumultuous and constricting after-thoughts that haunt me to this very day and I cherish every words, every smile and every moment spent with her.  It was a college trip where we first met, on a bus as I was sitting listening to music to calm my nerves because we were travelling to a distant place and the road we were going to take was perilous with high cliffs and dangerous mudslides that usually occur usually at that time of year. She came in with a friend, fashionably late but just in time. The thing that caught my eye about her was her hairdo, which was a shawl wrapped around her head to keep her wild hair from flowing all over the place. I thought it was pretty low...