Friday, May 30, 2025

The calm

 I went to a hotel with my husband. It was near the school where he taught math. There was no other building except these two. We had food at the hotel. His colleague had suddenly passed away that day and he was pondering how to go to that person's house to offer his condolence. Just then he learnt that his other colleagues were going there together. He conveyed this to me and rushed to join the others. I followed him to know if I had to accompany. I had left my little daughter alone in the hotel and after knowing that I need not accompany him, I hurried to the hotel and found her sleeping in a standing position resting her head on a chair. I was saddened to see her sleep like that and lifted her so that she could rest on my shoulder. I again walked back to the school campus. It was dusk and the campus was empty. As I was walking on the empty playground, I noticed a large round mustard-coloured thing on the sky just above my head. It was round like a spaceship but also looked like a big upturned skillet full of creamy bubbling paste. As I was looking at it in wonder my daughter tightened her grasp in fear. I put her down and hugged her as I continued watching it. Some men who were sitting on top of a nearby building in the school got up to see this terrific sight and spotted me with my child in the middle of the playground. As we watched, the round thing turned entirely black just like a dark round machine and burst into multiple pieces. The men were filled with fear as they knew that those pieces would fall on me. The split pieces burned like asteroids and came at a great speed to fall over and all around me. I stayed calm as I felt that they won't harm me or my child. Just as I expected, they burned to ashes before reaching me. I sat there heaving a sense of relief. The men were left amazed at the way we were saved miraculously.