CBH - Trilogue 2

THE CONSCIENCE (C), THE BRAIN (B), THE HEART (H)


B : Hey Heart … I can see that you seem to be feel some sort of pain. Share with me la.

H : With you? You are all Brain …all logic, all by the book … you are just a computer … only human blood flows through your system, not just electric impulses.

C : Like in a lap-top!

H : Wow conscience, you too have a sense of humor I see.

C : Please, I am human too.

B : Yep … we all are.

H : In other words you, you, I, we all feel.

B : So, as I was asking. You seem to feel pain… share it la.

C : Ya …. share it … makes me feel light too.

H : Nothing much … I just came back after seeing a funeral. Saw the old pa’ cik, a friend of my late father laid to rest.

B : That must have brought memories of your late father.

H : Yes .. many years ago, when my dad and this pa’cik used to ‘sembang’ politics. Now he too is laid to rest.

B : One day you and I will be laid to rest - only God knows the day

C : So you too …. I follow you clean and clear.

B&H : Ya, with a clear and light conscience.

H : Coming to the funeral … there were a small number of pa’cik’s family members and friends. I could recognize most of them. But I did not see pa’cik’s younger brother. He is younger only by a few years.

B : Maybe he was not well or out-station.

H : Nothing of that sort. A relative later told me he is well and fine living in a house a short distance away.

B : And yet he did not attend his own brother’s funeral?

H : Yes … I gathered that he had a minor misunderstanding with pa’cik and they were not on talking terms.

B : But the brother is dead and being buried. Surely all human beings are taught to show some compassion to another who is dead … all the more to a next of kin!

H : That’s what all the scriptures and mankind says.

B : Than why did not this younger brother forgive a by-gone matter and pay his last respects if not offer a prayer. It hurts.

H : Exactly … it hurts … it hurts.

C : Of course it hurts, if not now, later ….

H : How do you know?

C : Ha, ha … you are asking me. I am conscience remember? I prick both you, the Heart and you Brain as you both face death.

B : Really?

C : Yes Mr. Brain .. and yes Mr. Heart. You are both in a human being … a human being …. I will prick.

B : But, what if we don’t feel the prick? We do not want to allow it to prick!

C : Sure … you may become immune. But can you remain immune after you are dead and buried?

B&H : Good question!