Ties.

The sound from the flushing toilet was still prominent inside the bathroom while I saw my morning face in the mirror. Hair all out-of-order. I washed my hands and moist my face to freshen up after the sleep. I even took a quick brush on my teeth hoping the minty toothpaste would eliminate the familiar taste of sleep the night had created in my mouth. The morning traffic had already begun to pick up and the smooth sounds of engines running outside the window were penetrating inside the apartment. By the looks of it, it seemed to be the very start of a beautiful october day. I went inside my bedroom and stood by the bed for a moment to take a glance of the woman I had spent the night with before I dove back in under the covers. Well inside and underneath I felt the immediate rush of her warmth. She awoke by my maybe not so gracious movements. She starred me in the eyes and uttered some grunts and smiled. Stretching briefly before digging her face in my neck and holding around me.
- I think I had a dream about you, I said.
- Oh yeah? She sounded intrigued behind the veil of mumbling.
- Yeah. Have you ever played soccer?
- What? No, not really? Why?
- I’m pretty sure it was about you, it’s just that I never saw you face. Plus it took place on a
soccer field.

She stayed buried in my neck, breathing easily sparking a certain awareness of her being there. She told me she wanted to hear the dream. Now, for some this may be pillow talk and maybe it is.

The face started out at the old soccer field I played my home matches on while I was a young boy. I met with all my former team mates upon my arrival. We shook hands, fist bumped each other and asked questions concerning our current situation in live life and events that had occurred since we last met up. I liked it. Fast forward to a picture that was to be taken of this glorious reunion. Supposedly this reunion was quite the happening, considering it was the mayor who took the photograph. Not participated but actually hit the shutter button and capture the teams for eternity. There were a lot of people on the field that day. All the teams of a certain era were trying to fit into one frame and so the mayor urged us all to move closer together. We tried to move but he wasn’t pleased with it and told us to move even further together. “You guys ain’t fitting” he shouted and made majestic gestures with hands and camera to make us comply. Then I saw two legs sinking in on both sides of me and a chest pressuring up against my back. Then two arms were stretching around me and met on the middle in a lock. This woman was clutching me firmly and I let my head rest backwards. She was fully embracing me from behind and I indulged into that with full force. In the beginning I could hear her breathing but as time passed all sounds were fading out and I didn’t pick up a single noise. simultaneously the surrounding were also all fading to white. Starting with the outer peripheries and growing slowly deeper into my visual spectre. Soon the white fade had eaten out all the content. The last thing I saw was the mayor standing in the center. Now everything I saw was a white eternity plus the legs and arms holding around me. I started feeling drowsy, but most of all euphoric. The overwhelming bright light and clenching from the woman made me feel protected and in utter and total serenity from all of what may have previously caused stress a disrelief. It was the greatest feeling I could imagine.

- I’m pretty sure that was you holding me, I said.
- That’s nice, she said.

She kissed me and smiled. I laid my head back down on the pillow. Uncertain of wether or not she had understood my dream the way I had deciphered it. I must admit the dream made an impact on me. That feeling of serenity was something unique. I just want her to know how she makes me feel.