How did it come to this?!?

"...How did it come to this?!?" says Theoden, King of Rohan, just before entering into the epic battle at Helm's deep...

"...How did it come to this?!?" says pranav iyer,..looking at his gmail inbox for the umptieth time...hoping for that one mail to cheeer him up...reading the already read status msgs of the ppl online...to the extent that he has memorized who's written wat..ppl at work...ppl busy with their lives...

Though the above mentioned scenarios are both very different in their origins...the first one being so dramatic and awesome and all..
but they both have things in common...
They both have a person reliving his glorious past..smiling that smile which he knows will end in a frown...knowing that there was a time when he was truly happy..."accepting the facts is one thing my friends" they both want to say..."but living it everyday is a task no lesser than worthy of a king"..and his chest swells up once again...the stupid fool..afraid to fly..

"How did it come to this"...wonders pranav iyer as he goes back to check his gmail inbox and read the status msgs...smiling his smile..another day in paradise....