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HAUNTED
Last night, the dream came to haunt me again

Trapped below an ice slab
In a dark pool of icy cold water
Unable to break through
Breathless
Hopeless
My body slowly turning numb with fear
my furtive hands 
desperately flapping
the ice refusing to thaw
even as I beat against it from below
My eyes ... I can see them for once
As if they were another’s
Have become dilated with horror

Why is no one near? My muffled cries, why can’t anybody
hear?
Who has trapped me, how will it end, if at all?

Suddenly I sit up with a start
I am in my bed with my mobile and laptop 
My pillow has born the brunt of my strength
I have clutched it in sleep till it has gone limp

Sweating profusely
Seized with fear
In the dead of the night, my heart seized with cold fear
I stir out to make myself a cup of steaming hot coffee

Tomorrow is another day
I tell myself to soothe my nerves
Even as I absent-mindedly stir the spoon in the mug
Wishing my living room had white lights, not yellow

But I know
Night will descend again
The dream will be here, to haunt me ... again
Posted: 2015-07-30 02:04:09 UTC

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