Thursday, May 20, 2010

the bad dreams

She stifles a yawn
Touching the ground
The pebbles and twigs
Poking her bare skin

“What are these?”
Picking it up to see
“Oh my gosh the scaly skin
Where does it come from?”

Desperately trying to open her eyes
Under the shady tree warming through her soul
She finds it hard to get awake.............
The whirring wind tempting her to sleep

The scene changes
Under the dark water she swims
The gills pumping air feeling alive
She thinks she is a fish or mermaid?

She hardly can tell
Snaking through the dark water
She only feels she is alive and free
The endless stretches of darkness

Sophia bursts out into the air
Splashing water ripples flow
She doesn't know she is dead or alive
Kicking splashes of water

The sun golden rays
Hitting on her naked skin
“Am I alive or dead?
Somebody out there?!”

The silence greeting her
She stares at the empty shady tree
Buzzing with bees and dragonflies
The whirring breeze tempting her mind

She stares all around her
Vast land of water
She is right in it
And the waves hitting her

She goes under the water
Gulping as she goes down
Pool of white foam bubbling out
Into the empty space she drowns

When she opens her eyes
She is somewhere else.....
Running away naked
The sparkling noisy sickle

Branding on steel doors
Laughing as she runs away
The dream now takes a different route
Sophia's nightmares seem never end

Doors open every one she touches
Swinging wide for her to pass through
She stops breathing heavily
“Is this a trick or what?”

She takes a deep breath
Saying a short prayer......
She pushes open one door
Eyes showing the painful glow

The hell fire
The burning hands
The struggling heads
Yelling for deliverance

Sophia gasps
“Oh no I am on it again!”
Somebody pushing her
She flies into the waiting arms

“Noooooooooooooooooo!”
She hangs by the spider's web
Dangling in the middle of the hell fire
All red eyes glowing for her

“Come on honey
It isn't bad on the ground”
Then a big black spider crawls
Sophia screams kicking in the water


She yells under the shady warm tree
“Help me! Help me! Somebody!”
She kicks her legs struggling to get free
A farmer walks by running to her

“Wake up Miss
You have a bad dream!”
Sophia opens her eyes
“What happens?”

“You have a bad dream
I was on my way home
Are you alright now?
I can stay here for a while”

Sophia feeling awkward
“I am sorry to stop your journey
Here is a nice place to take a nap”
The farmer smile showing his white teeth

“I know what you mean
I had bad dreams before”
“You do too?
Under this shady tree?”

“I was when I had nothing to do
I used to occupy the exact spot you are now
Dreaming all kinds of fantasy
So I guess this tree is jinx”

“The sun is setting soon
The sun rays slowly taking its bow
It's time you pack up and go home
Don't sleep under this big tree!”

Sophia doesn't get his name
Within minutes he disappears
“Wow! What is he?”
As she gets up clearing her things

Start her sports car
Revving it up driving away
She turns around to have a last look
The man waves a distance speck of glow


The smoke on the wheels
Running on mud and stones
Driving hard on the dusty road
Feeling the adrenalin pumping

She smile to herself
Staring at her on her rear mirror
“What a dream!”
A few seconds to look

On the corner of shady light
A water buffalo rushing out
It hits her car as she can't break on time
Car and buffalo humped into the trees

The car rolls over a few times
She screams as the car turns turtle
Landed into the bushes
A loud bang can be heard

The farmer hears the loud thud
Revving engine and smoke in the clouds
He runs like the wind
Within minutes he is at the scene

“Are you alright Miss?”
“Yeah I am fine with some cuts
Otherwise I am in good shape”
“The car needs massive repairs”

The farmer pulls the car door open
Take her hand take her out from her car
She comes with her body trembling
Otherwise she is in good shape

The water buffalo lying dead
Broken legs head crushes on the trees
The impact knocked out of its life
Blood on the ground a sorry sight

Sophia sits on the ground
Breathing slowly grateful to be alive
As the cool breeze blowing.....
“Is it a dream again?”

Sophia closes her eyes
Feel the sunset breeze
Brushing on her face and hair
The farmer whispers

“You are alright
The tow truck will arrive
The village mechanic will take care of it
Now you can follow me back”

“Don't I need to go to hospital?”
“Miss you look just fine to me
I am the village medicine man
So coming with me?”

As she gets up to go
She is back under the shady trees
Legs dangling on the water
Kicking so hard ripples write along

She sits upright
Rubbing her eyes
“Wah I am alright!
What a dream!”

The cloudy sky looms
The sun rays slowly dim
She knows she has overslept
She packs her belonging ready to go

The many shadows dance
Amongst the shady trees
She waves at the shadows
“See you all again!”

She revvs up her sports car
Put into gears she is going home
She feels the soft breeze
Eyes alert body in readiness
p/s my own conclusion

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