A
recurring dream around one person, ails deep sleep in Ms Polly’s mind. The last
time she had it, she was stretching herself over her partner to kiss someone on
the other side of the bed. She had two things going in her life at that time –
an overwhelming desire for the one she dreamed about and on the other hand the
dawn to a new beginning was peeping out of a night of troubled sleep. When she
read the dream, she was sure that it meant that she was on the verge of a new
life. And indeed, it did happen, although, she was dabbed as a coward for not
having the guts to actually take the bull by the horn and go, get the woman of
her fatal passion.
The
dream has now reoccurred again and although there are additional characters,
the protagonists of the dream remain the same.
The
dream reads like this. Ms Polly has returned home after a long journey. With
her is a couple, one of whom she is burning her midnight sleep for. Once out of
the station, they are unable to get a taxi to go further. While Ms Polly’s ‘subject of desire’, Ms Eros and Ms
Polly rest in a room with another woman, Ms Eros’ partner has gone to look for
a taxi. Finding themselves together, the two women pass vibrations that begin
in the head and rock the muladhar chakra
till a volcano erupts!
Ms Polly
can hold it no longer. She strips her body from the upper half and begins to
close in on Ms Eros, who is receptive but not responsive. While Ms Polly has at
least let her defense down, at least by half, Ms Eros has not ventured forth to
do the same. Soon however, they know they must move on, as Ms Eros’s partner
has arrived with the taxi.
The two
step down from the room and there, as they wait for the taxi, Ms Eros and Ms
Polly engage in erotic mouth to mouth kissing this time initiated by Ms Eros
herself. Indeed, the time is short, there is tension in the air as both know
they must say good bye very soon, but the taste of Ms Eros’s soft, swollen lips
leave a taste for more on Ms Polly’s. The taxi arrives; Ms Eros slips in with
her partner and is gone.
Recurring
dreams may be indicative of many things, but one can’t deny, it is certain that
the dream is trying to show the dreamer two realities, or more. One, where there is smoke, there is fire.
Second, there is unfulfilled desire that needs to be looked at closely.
Thirdly, in both cases, of Ms Polly and Ms Eros, while the flirtation is real,
each is settled in a traditional ‘partnered’ preference and therefore neither
is ready to rock the boat. Fourth, had both been single, un-partnered, or at
least Ms Polly the dreamer, not been in a settled relationship, would she be
having such dreams in the first place?
A
settled life is patriarchal in nature and yet, this is exactly how we like to
see ourselves. Unless we are brave to be single – and mingle!
The
question I am putting to myself – and you - is, are partnerships really worth
it then? Is the human spirit free to be, and mingle around with many? Is there
more to dreams than what we are willing to concede? Is it worth allowing the boat to sink and find
a new shore?
Most of all
must Ms Polly stop intellectualizing and take the jump?
Read also: See not, hear not, do not!
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