A Dream That I Will Never Forget

It was one another Friday night. After a long day and a tiring late night study, I decided to hit the bed. My eyes wouldn’t close that fast even though my body literally begged for sleep. After much coaxing and good music, my eyes shut finally. In a half sleep manner I chucked my head phones and mobile in close proximity and finally entered into deep slumber. I then experienced one of the most, umm..I don’t know how to describe it; happy? Definitely not ! sad and traumatic ? Partially yes! dream. It was a very different dream and it was like this(very fictious, but damn real) :

              It was a sweltering summer afternoon of a day which I don’t know. God had blessed me with a suit with which I could fly from place to place (yes, it’s a dream). On that fateful afternoon, I went to the terrace and decided to launch myself into the glorious blue sky. I did it successfully. But tragedy struck. After a few moments in mid air, my suit malfunctioned and I was falling and falling at a great speed. I fell somewhere on the hard road of a busy area and was immediately run over by a bus. I had no clue whatsoever about the incidents that followed. The next time I woke up was in a hard, electricity powered box surrounded by ice. I had absolutely no idea why the freezing ice had no effect on me. It took me only a couple of moments to realize what had happened. I was dead. My body was bloody and covered with bandages. People were around me. My parents were looking at my body, teary eyed. My mother looked devastated. My grandfather was sitting with a glum face. Scores of relatives and friends were there. My best friends were crying. Me, I mean my soul got up from my cold physical body and walked into the room. It went to my mother first and it hugged her and cried. It apologized to her and fell at her feet, shouted at her but to no avail. After all, I was dead. It wanted to tell my mother sorry for all the tantrums I threw, all the loud, angry rants I gave but time was up and it was too late. It then went to my father, it wanted to thank him for raising me into a tough grown up chap. Alas, He couldn’t feel its words for I was dead. It went to my grand father, fell at his feet which were old and wrinkled now and apologized to him for how I ignored him and snubbed him at times. It wanted to tell him how much I liked him. Alas, he couldn’t feel anything for I was dead.

                   It then went to my uncle and aunt, to thank them for being my second father and mother and for taking care of me like their own. Unfortunately, I was dead. It then went to each of my best buddies and hugged them tight. They could feel nothing of me, instead they stared hopelessly at my mortal remains.

                     It then ran through the roads, the vehicles, cutting through the air to my college. It saw my principle, teachers and others. It wanted to tell them how apologetic I was for all the indiscipline, the ruckus caused, my arrogance and ill manners but sadly it had to return with nothing done for I was on my way to god.

                     It then, with a warm blush and a sad smile went to the house where the love of my life lived. She was there too, in her same beautiful self not knowing how to react to my passing away for she wasn’t my better half still. It went to her and hopelessly told her how much I loved her, how much I yearned for her and how much I wanted her in my life. I wanted to propose her saying, even though I had many flaws, I would take care of her like my eyes. Sadly, she will never know it as I was long gone, deep into the world of death.

                        Then, at this point of time, I woke up with a start only to realize that it was 3 AM in the morning. I walked across the hall. My parents were fast asleep, my grandfather asleep too. I immediately checked the whatsapp “last seen” of my friends and realized that most of them were active until a few hours ago. It was only a dream and I was breathing properly.

                    At that moment, I realized a few things. First, never back away from apologizing to a close person because when one day you finally decide to do it, it might be too late. Second, ego is a demon. It can destroy your life. Third, love the life you live. Fourth, if you want to say something or express your feelings to someone, do it immediately without any delay. Fifth, there is a better four letter word than hate: LOVE.

Thanks for reading

NOTE : some amount of fiction exists in the above piece of writing !! 

____ Humanity is my religion,Indian is my identity.