wrest

The dream

"Dada…,” I called out in the dark, trying to find out where my dad was, in a very much horrified state. Suddenly I felt something move beside me and I  turned around and saw my dad.

 “ dad…!!” I pounced on him.” papa, I'm so happy to see you again… and I'm so sorry papa I let you die for me…. It wasn’t something I wanted to do…..” I spoke sobbing.

“Naina, Naina listen to me, I haven't gone anywhere.  you just couldn't recognize me. I was there in every tear and fear of you.  I never left you, sweetheart.”

“Dad…”I said, whimpering.

“Yes, Naina, I was with you. every time. but you thought I left and you quit on our dream. Our dream Naina…. What happened to it… where is my brave girl Naina?? 

Go get her, fight with every single thing that you feel is a problem. Fight naina...fight….fight…” and suddenly the voice started to fade. 

I lifted my head and  I couldn't see anyone. I ran the whole dark place. 

“Papa…. Come back …..enough…” I bawled in agony.

And out of the blue, I heard my dad’s voice calling me again .”Naina, Naina…” in a very sweet and loving tone, and I spotted a bright white light at a distance. I quickly ran to it. As I neared the light, it grew brighter making it difficult to see a thing and there were many different voices calling my name. It felt like I was running in a desert while I ran through the light.it  was as if I was going to be burnt alive in that light. Yet I blindly ran through the light and was astonished to see a big crowd of people.

It looked more like a fair that I had been to earlier and had a lot of fun games, parks, and an exhibition along with a bar on one side. I slowly walked inside the fair, unclear of what it was exactly. 

The men were drinking in the bar, women were buying things in the exhibition and there were kids playing fun games and I spotted a few kids playing running races in the distant park and I made my way to them.

On observing them all for few moments, I found out that one of them was arguing that they shouldn’t allow another girl, who was a better player, to play along with them since she was very too fast. and after a while,  All of them agreed on that and they didn't let that girl play along with them. It was disappointing but I waited to see what happens next.

That poor girl came back and sat on a bench and was cheering the others. I was amazed to see her react in that way and I went to her to know the reason for her happiness.

And I was dumbstruck after listening to her reason. She said “ if I show them I'm disappointed after they snatch my opportunity to play, they'll consider me as a weak one and show me sympathy which is not what I wanted. I want them to realize that I'm happy even if my opportunity is gone and when I get my chance back i'll prove to them that they cannot ignore me anymore.”

The words of her just hit me so hard that I was lost in my own trance and suddenly I heard someone yell my name. I turned back and I found it was Jhoshi. He was running towards me furiously.  I started to run but suddenly everything got blanked out. I continued to run and Jhoshi was right behind me. I tried to escape but he caught me and took out a big knife and I yelled the shit out of me. 

“Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhh” and I got out of the bed and opened my eyes.  It was then I realized it was all a dream but not so late it was, I saw Jhoshi right beside me again……..!