A Nameless Clout.. part 2

It came to me again. An unwelcomed visitor, late at dawn..
It was dark, too dark. And too quite..!

A perfect theme for a good night sleep. Yet, something was not right. It felt like a deep breath before a plunge..

I was discussing some matters with my wife. We kept shortening our phrases as we were too tired to talk.. With every moment passed and at a snail's pace, we went quieter, calmer.. Going to sleep.. It was too quiet. so, naturally, the storm came..!

I don’t know what it is, but last time, I desired something.. And I don’t know if it was fulfilled or not.. And this time, and just before closing my eyes, I was wondering what it would be like to know the future, to see a glimpse of what to come..

I don't know what happened, it didn't feel like a dream.. The stage was the same.. There was my wife, sleeping.. In the very room that we were in.. Nothing was different, except, I saw something wrong with her..! She was breathing heavily.. Sweating.. My heart started pounding.. My chest was stirring with awful feelings.. Life darkened before me.. I felt like I was somewhere else, not here.. My mind felt distant.. Thousands of feet high, somewhere so far in the sky.. and as last time, it felt like I've been riding a hyper-sonic wave up to the sky.. yet back to the same scene, but in a different stage!

A strange woman was there with us.. "This is definitely a dream" I thought.. She was checking on my wife, my youngest sister was also there.. Observing.. I was lying beside my wife.. Holding her hand.. Hoping she gets well soon..

"She’s been touched!!" the strange woman hissed.. “By an evil psyche..!!”
I went perplexed..! Couldn’t comprehend what she said.. And as I was trying to comfort my woman, everything felt like vaporising around. I felt cut off suddenly.. mercilessly pulled to somewhere else again..! Like I’ve been raised up too high, and swiftly been brought downhill to where I was. back to the first scene where I was laying before. There I was.. On the bed, beside my wife, no one else was there.. except, I couldn’t breathe.. It was too suffocating.. Yet managed to scream loud.. My wife was trying to calm me down, “wake up..!” she murmured half asleep.. “Wake up, Hun.. Are you alright..?” but, I was awake, I was screaming, calling on her.. Seeking help.. But she couldn't hear me.. She swore that I had my eyes closed where in fact they were wide open..

I struggled till I muddled through and calmed down and now trying to regulate my breathing.. The wife was asking so many questions that I couldn’t grasp.. She was fine.. It was me who had been touched by an evil clout.. A nameless clout.. Unaware of its malice.. Oblivious to its menace.. Yet again, beaten by its sudden assail..

“When will it end?” I asked.. “And why?”

“I’m here..” she said unaware of what I was referring to.. “No matter what it is, we’ll go through it together..” she reassured.
I felt, hopeless, not able to make her understand what it is.. “I’m alone in this” I whispered to myself.. “And this is the only thing I don’t want to share with anyone..” for it is treacherous to share such devilry prevalence with people you love..

I kept pacing my breaths, while falling asleep in her arms.. Waiting... for the next strike.

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