WEAKNESS OR STRENGTH?

You know,  life surprises you with stuff when you least expected it.  Everything has changed in my life in the past few months.   It feels  like I'm locked up in a dark cavern without any opening and I have no way out. It feels like I'm shouting my lungs out for help, but I'm inaudible to everyone. My life has turned the tables on me. I was always this jolly kid who lived to dance.  My innate passion and dancing skills made India's Got Talent my dream platform. But my twenties welcomed me with a huge unexpected present. There was a knock on the door followed by my sister's voice,"Sara, are you ready dear? We're running late for Dr. Basu's appointment." "Yeah, I'm coming. I'll be out in a minute. " I said struggling to find my dark glasses. As I sat beside my sister, in the waiting area of the hospital, a series of past events clouded my mind. My childhood days, how I won in every dance competition, all those annual function dance programmes where my teachers ran up to me and hugged me for presenting some beautiful dance choreographies,  my dream to participate in India's Got Talent, my vision suddenly getting blurry and deteriorating day by day, me ignoring it completely and then Dr. Basu's words on our previous appointment, " It's a case of Glaucoma. The optic nerve and nerve fibres in your retina are permanently damaged. So, you've lost your vision. You shouldn't have ignored your blurry vision Sara.  I'm afraid your vision cannot be brought back but we'll try to cure this Glaucoma. I'm scheduling a laser treatment next Monday. If it works, well and  fine else you'll have to go for a surgery Miss D'Souza." I stirred from my trance  when the receptionist called out my name for the third time. My sister and I went inside the chamber hand in hand and were back home after a successful laser treatment. "Thank God! I'm so happy that the laser treatment worked." Siri hugged me. " So what? How does that make a difference Di? What will I do with these lifeless eyes? Can I ever dance again? Am I allowed to dream big now? Can I live my life like before? My dreams are shattered Di." I pushed her back. "I'm just a burden to you and grandma.  And that's the bitter truth."