Ephialtes
"Myra move out of the line, you are dancing incorrectly " pointed out a teacher . It is an incident from Myra's 5th Standard Sports day practice which was happening in the school primary wing courtyard . Myra moved out of the line accepting that she didn't match up with her peers in Aerobics dancing . Rejection is difficult but what pricked Myra was sitting among rejected students who could not dance . Either it had students who were non participants or it had kids who got rejected because of their bad dance moves .
Rejection came along with embarrassment of getting picked out publicly .Sitting there doing nothing made Myra frustrated and she felt worthless even at the tender age of 12.
"Myra move out of the que " exclaimed a teacher. "Ma'am I want to participate in the March Past "Myra pleaded to the teacher .
" Your are not doing it properly , messing the perfect March Past of other participants. Kindly take part in the Sports day dance " the teacher suggested Myra .
Myra sighed and she sat quietly alone under a tree , a few tears moistened her eyes and she thought to herself "How can I tell the teacher that I suck at dancing too". This incident is from her 9th standard Sports Day function Practice. Myra can remember innumerable incidents of getting embarrassed whenever Sports Day practices happened during her school days .
"Myra stop embarrassing me !" Samir whispered in Myra's ear who seemed struggling with saree and high heels altogether . Today Samir has taken Myra to a get together where all his collogues are also present .
"All the couples will dance" said the host of the party and Myra's face turned pale hearing that .
Everyone got to the dance floor . Samir said," Now don't say that you can't even dance too". Myra's spoke out, "I am sorry , I can't dance". Samir glared Myra and he whispered ," Keep your mouth shut , I will handle everything . Just follow my dance steps ".
Myra came to the dance floor with Samir . At this instant Myra's heart beated like a drum . Here she felt like an odd one out and dancing that too in heels and Saree felt like a living nightmare to her .
The music played , everyone started dancing . Samir gave a fake smile towards Myra to show others that how happily he was dancing with his newly wed wife. But reality he was hating the whole dance idea .
Myra was trying to dance with him but she could not again match up with a perfect dancer like Samir .
Myra by mistake stepped on Samir's foot, trampling his right foot's toes . The sharp heel must have felt like a stab in Samir's foot due to which he jerked away Myra's hand from his shoulder .
Myra with force of the jerk stepped backwards and her high heels got struck in the pallu (end piece of the Saree) of her own Saree resulting her fall flat on the floor . Her head hit really hard on the floor and she blacked out instantly .
When Myra opened her eyes , she was back home . Samir's mother looked Myra with worry on her face while Samir stood expressionless .
After Myra's mother in law left the room , Samir closed the door . Then he erupted ,"Myra are you crazy! You left me red faced today !What kind of an idiot you are! You can't dress properly, you can't walk properly in heels ,you can't do your hair properly , you can't cook and you can't even dance! Are you an animal who just knows to eat and sleep but I guess you are worse than animals because even they use their brains but you are brainless and totally dumb .A burden on Earth! ".
Myra's anger rose hearing Samir and she shot back ,"If you think that I am dumb and brainless !Then why the heck did you marry me! ".
Samir retorted," You should be thankful to me that I married you otherwise you would have died unmarried because a trash like you should be dumped somewhere in the corner of the house.You don't deserve respect of being a wife or even a daughter in law !" .
Samir then slammed the door and he went away . Myra cried her heart out . She felt helpless and miserable . She wanted a respectful life but now she is facing insult by her own husband .
Myra's life has now turned into a bad Ephialtes . The word Ephialtes means nightmare . Earlier dancing was a living nightmare for Myra but now her whole life has turned into a terrible Ephialtes which is just offering pain , insult and tears .
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