(j) 15 (General) Last Night... Poem by Renu Rakheja a.k.a Tranquil Ocean

Last night I just woke up
Maybe in the early hours of the morning
And just had this urge to set out
On the rain kissed roads
As dark as the sky without any stars
Not a soul stirred
Except the wailing dog
Feeling his despair
Also the despair of the streetlights
Squeezed out of light
I drifted from street to street
From fog or was it smoke
SIlly me
How can it be fog at this time of the year?
Got lost
No one to ask directions
Nobody to ask me who I was
It started raining
Intense
Still moved on drenched
Could hardly see anything
Strangely no panic
A blurred vision of an arched doorway without a door
Slipped in
What a relief
Someone touched my shoulder
Screamed! ! ! and ran out
Running for my life
Panting
Wished I was a horse
That could just gallop away
Slipped and fell
Lost consciousnes


When I woke up
I was back in my room
Ahhh...it felt so good
The sun was high up
Felt like I had a hangover
Was it a dream?
It felt so real
Shook my head
Of course it was a dream
As I languidly stetched out
And looked down
On my pajama...saw a dirty mud stain and a tear?
Lifting it up...
A violet bruise looking nasty