Iron & Wood

In context of this little story Iron is 'self', Wood is 'wish'.

A ship was sailing in sea. A tempest tore apart the ship. A piece of ship which had iron and wood fell on waves. Iron was heavy than water, wood was lighter than water. Iron could sink to bottoms of sea but it being attached to wood both kept sailing. Shore was in sight. Wood was trying hard to swim to shore. For once Iron felt happy that it had wood with it for rescue, but wood was unhappy. If only wood was alone it could have reached shore quite soon. Wood was cursing iron and was considering it a liability. 'Hey Iron, if only you were not tied to me I could have reached shore quite soon.' Iron had nothing to say. It was somehow getting dragged with wood. Both were unable to get apart. Shore was quite near. Both were almost there. Suddenly a cleaning ship appeared. Cleaning ship is 'fate' here. It was cleaning the garbage of sea. The piece of iron & wood was picked by it. 'You Iron, it took me time to swim to shore only because of you, I'd've'een free of all bondages if I was on shore.' Iron replied, 'Wood, you were attached to me, thats why we kept floating. If I was alone I'd've settled peacefully on sea bottom. How you can say who harmed whom?' It was hard to separate both of them. That piece was put in furnace. Wood burned and turned to ashes, Iron melt and was given shape of a nail. That nail was fitted at another place. Till memory could last Iron kept thinking 'Only if we could have reached shore, life could have been so different, alas!!' Wood has no meaning without Iron, Iron is incomplete without wood. Wood finishes in time, Iron keeps lamenting till memory last. Its the story of life which keeps repeating itself. Search for completeness in this incomplete world keeps on going.