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Ehis was crucified in a police cell. His conscience was stripped off and shame was nailed into his palms. In front of his parent’s eyes, he was punished for crimes that were strangers to him. After days seeking self-resolution and trying to grasp his fleeing sanity, he went out and sought other ways to pour out his rage. Ehis tears on the wall of his cell were still wet when he went back into the arms of bright. This time the boys did not whisper amongst themselves and run from him. He had been to the other side. He had seen how the society treated both the good and the bad alike. Everyone was guilty in the eyes of the police and he had been a first-hand witness. They accepted him as one of their own. He had been crucified and he had risen again, a different self. Ehis knew that that night in his cell was his last days of innocence.
In the days to come, his mother would plead with him on the path he had chosen and his father would warn and speak to him with drowsy eyes. The institution had made a monster of the boy and even the doctrine of heaven and hell seemed so far away, too far for his attention to grasp. In those days, Ehis knew that he could not be a fraudster forever. He knew he would later find a good path. At the end we all find religion. For those who aren’t lucky at the end, at least we can boast that we have lived a fulfilled life.