Marlangens
A Dream

Tonight was exactly forty days I was left by my father, but the sadness still grips me.

I remember the night that my father died, somehow I felt awkward and the person I wanted to ask was Paklek Agus also died the next day.

I feel that the death of Mr. Agus and Paklek is unnatural. There's something I don't understand.

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I don't know why all of a sudden these eyes feel so heavy, but I had not felt so sleepy. I also fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept. When I woke up, I was in my father's private room, where he died. Strange, when I came home and who drove me.

Not to mention that my curiosity disappeared suddenly from the corner of the room someone called out to me.

"Mother, mrene. I'm your mother," call the woman's voice soft.

I looked at her and I could see her. She had long black hair and she was wearing a black kemben with a red scarf that she put on her shoulder.

That face was so pretty but it wasn't my mother's face.

I know my mother's face from the photo you showed me as a child.

"Senenengan sanes my mother," I reply coldly.

[You're not my mother]

For some reason after I said that, he looked angry. Her face that had once looked so beautiful turned ghastly.

His eyes bulged with a tongue that extended downwards. He approached me slowly .

How surprised I was when I saw that half of the woman's body was in the form of a snake.

I wanted to scream for help and run, but my legs felt numb. I was just stuck in place.

The woman was getting closer, her face was so horrible. Now part of his face was filled with scales. His eyes are all white. When his hand was about to cling to my body he suddenly bounced away from me.

"Koe my son, koe kudu whistle me!" he said with a loud voice that made me very scared. After saying that, he disappeared.

[You are my son, you must come with me!]

I also woke up from sleep with gasping breath and sweat pouring out. It was all just a dream but it felt so real.

This fear also feels real.

When I saw the wall clock in my room was only twelve.

When I was about to take a drink, I saw that Bagas was watching TV in the family room. With careful steps, I approached him.

"Not sleeping Om?" I asked Bagas.

"Not sleepy, Langen," replied the friendly Bagas. "Are you not asleep?"

"It's been a nightmare, Om," I replied

"Dreams are just sleeping flowers, don't think too much about them."

"Yes Om," I said briefly.

Then I remembered the dream just now. Someone who claims to be my mother. I knew it was just a dream but I was really curious. Then I asked what Bagas was about mom.

"Om Bagas got a picture of mom?" tanyaku carefully.

"Have it, why? You didn't bring your mother's picture?"

"Yes Om, I forgot to bring it," I answered lying. "Can I see Mom's picture?"

"Can, a minute . Um take it in the room first"

I waited for Bagas and sat on the sofa awkwardly. A few minutes later Bagas approached me again.

"This is a picture of your mother" he said, adding a picture that looked shabby to me.

I took it and saw a picture of my mother, her face was exactly the same as the picture you gave me.

Then who was the half-serpent woman I had in my dream? Is it true that the dream is just a sleeping flower as said by om Bagas?

Why does that dream feel so real?

My head is dizzy thinking about all that. I returned the photo to Bagas and rushed back to my room.

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I want to sleep again. My body was completely exhausted as if all my energy was drained away. I did not end up doing anything.

Is this related to my dream? Oh, I'll think about it later. I also sang the java song that delivered my sleep. Then I fell asleep too.

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