“Tell me grandmother how did we die again?” I whispered in my sleep, suddenly a voice came from vain addressing me “ You can’t come with me here, you have your whole life ahead, return to light ! “. This voice suddenly diminished and it was enough to have me terror-stricken. I suddenly reached out for my smartphone under my pillow to look into the time, it was 3:33 am. I couldn’t sleep the rest of my morning because of what I experienced while in my sleep, no this was not the 1st time it happened, it has recurred for almost a week. Same dream, same place, the same voice, and me standing in the middle of nowhere looking for a place to go and in the middle of that hearing the voice from vain. Now all these things start to haunt me every night. Neither I could say anything to anyone nor I could figure out what had been happening. I wish my Grandmother was here with me, all the fun moments we shared were reappearing in my head. How could I forget the day when I suddenly got a phone call from my father saying “ your grandmother has her last breath and wants to meet you before she departs from this life.” Had I been there on time I could have completed her final wish. How could she leave me this alone without giving me my final goodbye? To this day I recall all the memories of that day when I couldn’t reach her or talk to her. I didn’t have a close relationship with my parents and my ultimate stress reliever was my grandmother. It was more like a soul connection we shared. Now all I am left with are the memories, memories we cherished together. Nothing was no longer new for me, the same dream, the same situation, and the same me. Days started passing as if time was ahead of me but left me stuck like a statue that can observe the beauty and aroma around it but cannot come out of its place to feel it. Surely I was aware of it but I was unaware. I can’t even remember the exact time till the same thing continued but one day like a flower inside its bud has to bloom, the sun hiding behind the cloud during a thunderstorm has to hand back the end to this situation is sure to arrive.
With everything going in my head I headed to my bed, this time I had collected my courage to fight back. The more you suppress your biggest fear and insecurity the more it comes making its way to you, this time it was a do it or cling with it forever situation for me. I knew if I don’t face it now I will never be able to unveil the secret behind my recurring dream. I was presented with the same situation but this time my choice was different, I followed the way to the light like the voice that asked me to do so. Slowly moving forward I could see my grandmother waiting for me, she hugged me and said you did it, that’s my granddaughter. She held my hand and led me to a beautiful garden which had the most beautiful flowers that I ever saw. It felt like a whole new world, a dreamland that I used to imagine as a child to go one day. I was stunned to see every piece of flower which was giant as compared to that we see. I was in a dilemma of where I was. But the time spent with her in her world, I was all gleaming with contentment. Time buzzing with a hand of second, she said, “Now it’s time that we part. You have been here for so long. You can not stay for long. Now you have to return.” I asked, “Where do I have to return? This is my home.” for which she replied, “You have to return to your body. This is just an illusion. Return back to your world.”
I was stunned at what she said, without uttering a single word she made me follow her and took me to a room. The room looked like a hospital room. There lay a girl who was all covered in medical equipment and it seemed like she was in a deep sleep. I could see the heart monitor showing up and down lines meaning she is alive. Who is she? I asked ? My grandmother replied, “It’s you. You have less time to waste. Return back or you will be stuck here forever.” Without knowing what was happening, I agreed with what she said. I went inside the body. Suddenly I could feel all the bruises on my body and a nurse rushed towards me and started checking my pulse and ran towards the door shouting, “She woke from her Coma.”
After some time, I was trying to wake up from it but was unable because of all the wires connected to my body. The doctor came and said, “Relax, you just woke up from a coma, now you are all good.” I asked, “ How long have I been in a coma, and how did I end up here?” My questions were just piling up and all the people around me were trying to calm me. Finally my parents came and hugged me saying, “We thought we lost you”. After repeating the same question again and again finally the doctor spoke to me and told me “You were brought to this hospital 1 month ago. The people who brought you here told us that you crashed into a big tree trying to save a small kid playing on the road. Sadly, your grandmother passed away in the car and you survived but fell into a deep coma.” I couldn’t explain what was going through my mind, I was just terrified to hear all this. So all that I experienced before was an illusion while I was in a coma?
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