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When I coughed

everybody on the bus said

bless you

at the mall

everybody held the door open

one after another

as if kindness itself

was standing in a queue

on the bus

everybody was saying

sit here

take my seat

I was sweating

in the extreme heat

one hand offered me

an icy drink

another offered me ice cream

and many hands

started fanning me

with paper fans

I was surprised

shocked

is everything all right with people

what is happening

then I thought to myself

oh I am hungry

I need to cook something

I walked downstairs

into the kitchen

and just as I was about

to chop some vegetables

someone knocked at the door

my neighbours were standing there

in a queue

holding my favourite foods

all those aromas

went straight into my nose

and suddenly

I woke up in another room

a table full of food

my favourite desserts

presented so beautifully

that half of my appetite

was already gone

just looking at them

when I walked down the street

hundreds of unknown faces

stopped their cars

and offered me

a free friendly ride

no thank you

I said

I prefer to walk

and as I walked

people came out of their homes

hello

good morning

good afternoon

good evening

they greeted me

with so much life and energy

that even the birds

I had just freed from their cage

came back to meet me

as if they too

wanted to say thank you

when I was working in my garden

my neighbours arrived

with spades

garden tools

flowering plants

saplings

and vegetables

oh don’t worry

they said

we will make your garden beautiful

we will work together

and the next day

I found myself

working in their garden

together

we made beautiful gardens

everywhere

and there I was

blooming fully

in my own nature

like one of the flowers

among them

then I woke up

and said

wow

that’s what

a real dream

looks like