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Dreams

I was very tired after the surprise party i hosted for my husband, Abhay's birthday. We've been married for 14 years but it seems like just yesterday when we met for the first time at the college cafeteria.we have a came long way from there.

Abhay helped me clear the mess after the party. Ritika,our 12yr old daughter had gone to our neighbours house for her monthly sleepover session with her besties. It was already one am,i cuddled up with Abhay for a while and talked about the party and dozzed off after a while.

I had that nightmare again. It's been a while I am experiencing a weird dream. In this dream I am always chased by a angry mob and I am running through a dense forest .This time I found a hiding place inside a cave. My lungs were screaming for oxygen with all the stress due to the running.I tried calming myself down. My breathing stabled. I waited at that place for a long time till the sound of the footsteps outside faded away.I waited for a while more before coming out of the cave.I felt a hot breath on the nape of my neck,before i could turn around to face my fate something cold and heavy was slammed of my head. The pain was very intense,my vision blurred ,i fell on the ground .

And i woke up screaming, i was back in my bedroom next to Abhay. Abhay woke up too and tried to console me. Abhay hugged me tightly and i felt safe again. It was already 8am ,i woke up, had a quick shower. Ritika came back from her sleepovers.Our neighbours had planned for a big brunch in the park near our home. We had decided to make our speciality Chicken Pot Rice for the brunch,i made preparation for the chicken and Abhay helped me with it. Ritika made my favourite grilled cottage chesse sandwiches and helped us to pack the goodies.we left for the park with our picnic baskets.

It was whole lot of eating ,gossiping and playing games.The day went by quickly,i started getting nervous as the night approached. After dinner Abhay coaxed me to sleep for a while while he sat next to me caressing my hair with his fingers.We were discussing about the movie we saw last week ,i didn't realise when I fell asleep.It was then that I realized I was not in my bed next to Abhay but was lying on a dirty bed in a dingy room.I tried to get up and walk towards the window.

Thud.

I fell down. That's when I realised my legs were shackled to the bed. I tried my best to free my legs. I pushed my bed near the window and then tried to look outside. It was dark outside and I was held in some kind of a watch tower . A Big mob had collected below my room. They were shouting something but I couldn't understand. I opened the window pane and tried to concentrate.They were talking about executing a witch. That's when I saw a man who addressed himself as their leader.

He said that he has found evidence about the woman accused for being a witch and that she practices witchcraft at her home. he ordered his fellow men to execute her immediately and free our town from this evil. I heard footsteps outside my room.Few people entered the room and removed the shackles from my legs.i tried to talk to them but they avoided talking to me and they addressed me as the witch the whole time. They dragged me out side the tower. There was a stage built in middle of the street. I was hung from a hook connected to the celling of the tower.After a while my arms had gone numb from the unbearable pain of being hung from my wrists and i could hear my bones cracking from time to time.I begged the people around to help me .Nobody came forword to help me.
And then a man came forward chanting something and stabbed me with somekind of a sharp object .Pain was unbearable.Blood started pouring out of the wound forming a pool below my legs. This all felt so real,i just wanted to wake up from this nightmare and be next to my Abhay. I felt a burning sensation on my legs and I saw that I was surrounded by fire. I started screaming from the pain but people around instead of helping me were rejoicing. I felt the fire eating away my clothes.I felt my flesh melting,ever thing went numb. Realisation then hit me that.... this was not a Nightmare.
THIS WAS REAL.
I was actually wrongly accused of being a witch.
This was My Execution.
My life with Abhay and Ritika was my beautiful dream.It felt real but this was my reality.I accepted my unfortunate fate.

Sometimes dreams are more beautiful and than the harsh reality.
So Keep Dreaming.