Three Dreams of Two People

A crowd of people
making up a big wall
tall and long shadow shaded me
Everyone took a turn
to peek through a small window of a gate
An old lady crying at the side
An old man smoking cigarettes
one after one
asked the person next to him
to buy him twenty more as he found his box was empty
It was my dad�s turn
�Can I see?�
My dad lifted me up
and I looked through the window�

My mom gently put her down
on the same bed with me
�Keep quiet, until she falls asleep.�
I tried my best to reply by only my eyes
because I didn�t want to shake the bed anyhow
by nodding or smiling
not even breathing hard
My body was stiff
a dry throat, watery eyes, scratch noses
overwhelming me
But I didn�t make a move
I kept myself quiet even after she felt asleep
and She was still sleeping�

Opened my eyes
Closed my eyes
None of these made any difference
My eyes couldn�t tell me where I was for the first time
(or they did ever anyhow)
only the sense of feeling took place
The chair that I was sitting
cold as ice, which never told me
How long I have been sitting here
but just it was made by metal�
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