ReDmpTiON spEaKs ...

The awakening

She dreamt the dream again that night

She was standing all alone against a tree, shielding herself from the chilling wind. She was staring intently at a hillock, some distance away. The tree was at the edge of the battlefield and bodies lay strewn all over the ground. She found herself walking over to the base of the hill, where her lover lay. He was a true man of honour and had died one. The battlefield would carry stories of the valiant battles fought, thus making him immortal. But it mattered no more. She knew she should be crying, but she felt no grief or remorse for the loss .All she felt was a dull throbbing deep within. She saw the flawless skin of her lover’s face lying bruised and stained with blood, some his, some of the people he killed. He lay alongside a multitude of corpses as if to give a final proof of his bravery. On top of it all, he had a smile on his face, which seemed almost cruel to her. It seemed as if he knew that she would come , and had kept on that smile as a farewell gift for her .She caressed his cheeks , and stroked his blood stained hair and suddenly broke down .A wave of grief engulfed her , a tide of remorse swept over her and she wept . She wept as if there was no tomorrow, as if the darkness would never give way to light. Somewhere far away, a wolf howled as if to empathise with her. She couldn’t bear it anymore and she let out a scream that reverberated in the heavens and fell. It seemed for that one moment, heaven, earth and hell had become one. That one moment seemed to go on forever and then it rained...

She came to her senses , in a new world , a fresher brighter world .The rain had ,so to speak , removed the miseries from the face of the earth . The ominous clouds above had disappeared and the darkness had finally given way to light. The sun was peeping up from behind the hill; the sunlight awakening the tiny buds .The battlefield from the night had given way to a garden of fresh blossoms. She felt happy. She felt ready to take on the world again, she felt ready to move on .But just as she tried to walk away, she heard something ringing far away .with every second it grew louder and louder and suddenly she connected. She woke up disconnected and disoriented and shut the alarm. She pulled up the curtains .A pinkish glow could be seen spreading over the sky, form her window. Beyond the garden and over and beyond the hill, the sun could be seen on its journey upwards. She gazed at the sight for what seemed like an eternity. She felt alive..

"Death comes at Night,

At Dawn cometh Life."