| shrestha |
Posted
on 01-May-01 03:31 PM
monsoon bursting
By Dilip Kumar Dhakal
There were sheep grazing in an endless azure field. So many sheep. I tried to count them but their constant movement towards the orient made it almost impossible. And now there were horses, some as big as mountains and some as small as rats. The horses seemed to be stampeding as they ran towards the east. But to my surprise there was nothing chasing them. Why were they running, it might’ve been the wind chasing them.
Now there came a big chariot pulled by stallions as white as snow. Just like the ones ridden by the Sun God with seven horses. A big battalion of soldiers was following it. Those riding on the elephants and on horseback could’ve been commanders and army chiefs. As it drove nearer it became big and bigger and enormous. And gradually it shrunk becoming smaller as it moved and suddenly broke into pieces as if hit by a mortar bomb. And the pieces dispersed in all directions and disappeared just as the waves vanish as you throw a stone into the calm water of a pond.
For a moment the field was empty but I saw a huge thing coming towards me. As it came nearer I saw a ferocious, enormous Giant with dreadlocked hair and eyes like roaring fire. He moved like an amoeba. His legs and hands moved like pseudopodia. Now he turned into an elephant. Now a buffalo. Then into a whale, a blue whale. But how did the countless tentacles appear.
Suddenly he stopped in the middle of the field and gazed straight into my eyes. I was so afraid that I soiled my underwear. But he remained stationary and just kept on staring at me. And then came other small giants, may be his children and kinsmen. They all came around and embraced him.
Then came the herd of sheep, the horses and now all those in the stampede returned and assembled in the field as if someone was going to address them. But I noticed their sullen faces as if some misfortune had befallen them. Now their faces turned darker and it seemed that the whole field was in darkness. Then, all of a sudden, a flash of lightening struck with deafening noise and lit up the whole field. Now I felt drops of rain pouring on my face.
Then I turned my body to lie on my side but the rain was hitting me hard. My dog beside me jumped onto the railing of the roof and barked loudly looking at the sky. I heard some children singing on rooftops, maybe welcoming the first rains. For me, a rheumatic patient, it was no good sitting in the rain. So, I folded the mattress and went downstairs.
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