Boats ! Paper Boats !!

Seven folds of paper,
seven sins of life,
seven days a week, i created these litte boats...

Every single boat is wonderful, with the sharp edges of paper and the immaculate folds, oh ! so full of expectations. I want them to sail the seas , my little boats ! I dream of them, braving up the tumoulus waves which hit you one by one and till eternity, the little boats in the sea. The winds don't deter them niether the clouds pose a doubt, as i had made them. My little boats.

I made them out of a paper 1 feet long and one feet wide. The paper is always handpicked. With the utmost devotion, i made my sailors of seas. Each one a special case. I am sure i am made them fine and bright, out of yellow paper that teases the morning sun. Red , orange yellow and blue were also colors that i did like for them. I even made them out of white paper !! All of them were dear to me.

Once i heard that the world was round, thats how it all began. The boats had a purpose, to sail under the azure and dark sky alike. I kept them from doing the same as i didn't want to lose them. When i heard the world was round, i was relieved. If i set my boats asail , they would come back after sometime,or so i believed.

Thus i let the blue ones sail, the first of my creations, how hopeful and happy for them, my little boats.. After a while i missed my blue boats, so i made new ones, they were yellow ! I grew fond of them again, but boats they were, they wanted to sail. I sailed them away knowing they would return with the blue ones at their sides.

So it i went on for a while, none of them returned. I was happy for them and their free will that wasn't denied. None of them returned.

It was a very tiring day today. I have a new set today all set to sail. As i let them go , one by one, i see one of the violet ones upside down and drowning. Answer to my questions was drowning in front of me. I walked into the water knee deep, and pulled the boat out of the water. I now keep the violet one with me and i don't let it sail.
I still hope for the blue, yellow , red and the green ones to return. But, atleast till the i have one from the violet batch and others in the making.
I the boat maker !

- Vagaries of a boatmaking child !