Fantasizing a fantasy,
I think, was a better part of my childhood. I was good at it. Or least, that
was the only one thing I could do when I was being left behind. I didn’t have a
lot of friends as a kid. My elder brother and sisters were more of a friend to
me than anyone else was. That was how we were being raised. Not that I am
complaining about this friendship, actually I am proud of it, but when your
only friends are trying to catch up with their teenage and you are too small to
understand anything about it at all, gaps eventually nudge out. Now you know
what this “left behind” I was talking about before. So during those days I had
two options. One, pick up a book and read which I will not understand a thing
unless every page has a picture in it. Or two, play my mind the way I want it.
I pick the later.
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| Mermaid by @my_popart via twitter |
I remember those days
when, just before going to sleep, I just have to close my eyes and travel to all
this places no one has ever seen or heard, until I actually finally fall asleep.
Or even better, climb the roof of our family washroom (because that was only
place I could climb at that time) and feel the setting sun while I am lost somewhere
in some of my own private galaxy. Goosebumps!!! I use to have a bunch of these
(magical world) between which I switch from time to time, but not in order. Whatever
comes first, was the trick. Then Disney decides to play “The Little Mermaid”
series on the TV. Then, it was heaven. Now I will not even start with that 1984
movie “Splash”, because that will take us to some “not openly talk about” phase
of this fantasizing fantasy. Or maybe someday I will, but not now. For now, let’s
just stay clean. Ahahaha…
“I have heard the call
of it. I didn’t know what it was but I know it was calling me and I have to
find it whatever it takes. So, I set out on my journey. I have traveled for
days and I have travelled far. This is a place where no one has ever been
before or from where no one has ever returned. It looks like an island but was
much more small and scattered. The clouds are forming and thunderstorms are
gathering, thick and dark. It’s getting dark and I know I was lost. I was
scared. Then I realized I was not alone. I saw a figure of a woman lying on a rock
just above the sea level. It was hardly moving. At that moment I didn’t
realized she was injured and couldn’t move and needed my help. I was terrified instead,
but I didn’t have an option. So, I call out for an answer but I go no reply
except for a very small movement that I almost missed it. I had to row my canoe
closer and face whatever it was.
She was scared, I saw
from her eyes. She wanted me away. I should have left her alone there but I
couldn’t afford to do it. She was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and
she would have died if I left her alone. I feed her, she wouldn’t eat. I gave
her water, she wouldn’t drink. I didn’t know what to do but I knew that was
what I had to do. She was dying and I was crying. But one day, she decided to
eat and start drinking from my hands. Very soon, she was well and we were
swimming. She tells me of her story and about her people. She gives me breath
underneath the water. She takes me to places that I had never seen before. She
teaches me things that I would have never learn. We were deeply in love and we
were happy. Soon I might turn into something like her (I thought) and we could
live forever. But I was wrong. One day she tells me she had to go. I was sad
and I cried. She comforted me but in vain. Then she tells me she will visit me
as she could take a human form. That was our only option as I couldn’t take a
form like her. Then she left”. She was a mermaid. For more details, please
consult my childhood…ahahaha….
Now if you change that
plot into a ship shipwrecked and I was the one injured and the mermaid taking
care of me. I have been there too. Think of it as a sequel from my imagination.
Sounds like a Hollywood movie now, don’t you think so? (lol) except mine has
less cinematography and visual effects. But trust me, it’s way more fun.
Damn imagination!!! I
was bad at it (lol)...
Jokes apart, yes
Mermaids were one of my favorite fantasies. Somehow I grew up with them but now
it’s almost lost. Maybe partly because the world has proved that mermaid never
existed. I started believing in that, until recently.
Well, I will not talk
much about these videos, a two documentary covered out by Animal Planet, (some
of you might have seen it before) on mermaids because as much as it sounded
real or fake to me, to some it will sounds as much as fake or real. So it’s a personal
take. I found out that it’s more interesting to
actually watch this video, if watch the second part first. Unfortunately, the only file I found of the second part of this documentary is not available for US viewers and so blogspot will accept it here. Anyway, the links of the Part I and Part II is given below and you can watch part by part if it allows you to. But here I am embedding the combined full episode. Enjoy watching :)
Last
Word: Imagine a magical world and I will be there with
you.
