Dicey and Deuce

Everybody pushed me off that edge to swim against that current. But I was hopeful still, for she swam along. That suddenly I realized I was toiling all alone, while she became a question and eventually out of question. With fatigued limbs I could struggle no more and forfeited.
And the dream broke.
I opened my eyes into absolute darkness just to look into her tapetum lucidum and surprisingly she was staring back, as if she could see through me, read my mind and when every human refused to be humane enough , she sat there sympathizing with me in that darkness, then snuggled so close to me as if assuaging all my worries. Yes, Dicey, the cat. Her green eyes seem to acknowledge every ounce of pain that I’m going through and that wagging seem to play those lines by Coldplay- “ You just want somebody listening to what you say, It doesn’t matter who you are”

And realizing that wagging tail I drift into that rhythmic trance and sleep again.

Then I wake up to that smell of morning glory, and rush downstairs for he waits for me every morning. Deuce, the dog, greets me complainingly because Dicey was privileged to sleep with me and he had to stay away all the while because, of course he couldn’t have intruded her territory. He makes those uncanny noises to vent out his exasperation. But soon he gets over with that woofing and arfing and gestures me to play with him, rolling on the floor and wagging. I scratch his belly and he bares his teeth to give me that wide grin, and I’d confess I haven’t seen a dog smiling like him. He looks like a perfect epitome of joy and love to me when everything else has faded.

Candidly, I’d confess Deuce makes me live through the day while Dicey sings me lullaby at night.
How does it matter if we don’t belong to the same species? Who says they are not human enough?

- The Phoenice

Echoes

After an insanely impetuous weekend , i have been feeling a little ringing in my ears (maybe because of that blaring music) for past three days, that suddenly today during my developmental biology lecture, the ringing faded and i started getting echo of every word she spoke.
It felt like there was a voice coming from inside my head, It was galling to an extent that i started losing my nerve and couldn't stand people conversing around.
I was getting an echo of every friggin' voice before i could even notice . I rushed out of the class to get some peace.
*I needed Peace*
The breeze on my face didn't sound like the one outside , It felt like some hurricane inside.
It made me feel totally alien, Like i'm floating in outer space.
She said it could be uneven air pressure, he said it could be tinnitus ,they said it could be something with my eustachian tube.
While i needed some *space* from everything around.
I needed to get away.
I needed to rush to my room where there could be just me and my *soul-self*
Maybe it's tinnitus or maybe it's uneven pressure
or just that
"Maybe The Good Demon wanted me to introspect".

Don't let me drown..

It’s so dark and alluring
And this rain so enthralling.
I’m getting all drenched,
Beautiful it feels
And the aridity quenched.

It’s level one,
Toe deep now,
We make paper boats,
Aww… they travel far and wide
And eventually out of sight.

The level reaches my knees,
Look around,
Ahh! It’s a wonderland,
It feels so elysian
why do they call it stygian?

Rising with every passing hour
Why do they sound so sour?
I know I won’t drown
For tomorrow is way too far.

They say it’s a jeopardy,
While the level reaches my belly
I’m still not scared
For I’m a fish and I’m a bird
Reckless and rash
But No…
Is that the thunder I just heard,
I guess I saw him row,
Where did my merman go?

If the levee breaks in another hour
Don’t you let me drown,
For tomorrow is way too far.

I look up the sky, the thunder and the rain
I know it’s too long when the sun shines again.
If the levee breaks in another hour
I implore.
Don’t you let me drown
For tomorrow is way too far.