A Click Of A Camera

He was drowning in the ocean of happiness. But how can one drown in such an ocean? 

Grissom Mbekki was just 3 years old when he got a camera as a present for his birthday from one of his uncles. In those days, it was mandatory for an affluent family to own a camera. This was considered a luxurious thing. 

His uncle loved and adored his only nephew, Grissom, so much that he didn't compromise to give him the camera. Uncle Hemren always thought that one day he would do miracles with that camera, which to him was of no use. For two years, he used the camera, but in a childish way. Grissom only played with it and treated it like a toy. He pressed different buttons on it and was mesmerized by the lustrous look of the camera. 

But as he grew up, he got very fond of it. Each and every click for taking the pictures didn't go in ruin. It was always a unique photograph. With the correct angles, skills and focus, Grissom could take those pictures that were beyond anyone's ability. He could manifest deep messages from his pictures that could have a moral effect on one's mind. 

One day, as usual, he was praying to God, but in one instance, he caught the queen patterns made by the clouds that seemed to appear like a heart shape. He made the use of this opportunity and captured the magnificent scene. He uttered while clicking on the button, 'This is the heart of God, Almighty!'

When he turned 23, he had attained perfection in his art of photography. A competition, namely 'Shoot the Frame' was forthcoming, and Grissom had chosen the most rarely image that can encapsulate the message he wanted to convey to the judges and the people. He followed the procedure and went in to give his entries. That day he was relieved. 

But when the results of the competition were out and published in the newspaper, he could not read that article for some reason. And that was his blunder! Today, Grissom, a 50-year-old man works as a copy typist and curious to know about the results of the photography contest proceeds to check out for the newspaper. 'There's it!', he dusts off the crinkled pages and finds something that is more astonishing and astounding to him than his own camera. The article contains that he had got 1st prize in 'Shoot the Frame' with the judges giving him a special message to him to start a career as photojournalist. The tear drops are present on the article, and he is sobbing in his low voice. The camera is still there in one of the cabinets containing numerous documents and files.