It Was Dream or Hallucination?

Tahiba Khan

In a deep dream, in a half sleep

I hallucinated

A man with a bald head,

With a light beard

Came to me, lying perpendicular to my body’s position.

Don’t remember what he was wearing

He began showering his love,smiling,winking

And then he vanished…

"Where is he?"

He came again

And scared me,

With his long scary teeth

Feeling scared I closed my eyes…

And tried hard to let him go….

After a while I realized it was in dream…

It was a dream… only dream.

After a while, with my half opened eyes

I saw another man in a white lungi,

Running to the kitchen,

I saw his half naked leg and the fluttering of his lungi

I stood up to look for this intruder

Arey! Nobody was here? The gate was closed..

"How he made his way into my house…"

Again I lied down…

After a while I watched some kids coming and going out

Laughing and chatting…

What?

I again got up…and looked... 

Nobody was there.

I lied down again…

Then I thought I'd get up and study…

I went to the bathroom and felt something in my hand

A soap case, with soap in it…

"How did it come to my hand..?"

Oh! I was still in my bed... lying…

"Oh shit! What the hell is happening!" I thought

I thought to get up

But left with no energy

I pulled myself while holding the bed side table.

I didn’t make it…Not even inch of me was shifted

Though I tried hard…

Uff… It was still not real… It was in dream..!

I finally opened my eyes… 

Felt the real room,

Went to the bathroom 

Washed my troubled face…

And sat down to study…