Khoya

But above all, he was intoxicated.He was addicted to power. and it is this addiction, this intoxication and this blindness that gave birth to a dark powerful force with a life of its own

'The Nasha'

It started as a small puff of smoke that enveloped his heart and wrapped its long vines around it. This gave him indifference.

It then spread to his chest that swelled up as his lungs were taken over by the Nasha. This gave him pride.

Next it spread to his throat and wound its vines around his neck nearly choking him. This gave him cold silence.

Then to his eyes. dilated pupils. Nasha swirling inside like dark pools of sorrow. This gave him blindness.

and having wrapped itself around every nerve and entered every stream that ran through man's body:

finally it penetrated his mind. This brought him death.

And not death of the spirit (for the spirit lives forever) or death of Love (because love exists beyond that) but the death of his compassion.

Which is the worst end of all.