The Bed

Beds are probably one of the most personal possessions of everyone. You may go to a socialite party and come back home dead drunk at night or you may go to all the local traffic lights to earn 20 rupees begging for the whole day under the burning sun, in both the cases when you are back in your bed at night you will definitely, at once, sleep side wise on your arms, try to bend your legs and pull the pillow a little closer under your head. That is the sense of comfort it gives you.

Well my plight with my dear “bed” has not been so cozy for past few days. To understand my struggle with it you need to fist understand the anatomy of it.

My bed has this wooden shaft protruding upward towards the head side and the towards the leg side it is flat. But unfortunately, the ceiling fan is towards my leg-side. Considering how hot it gets in Delhi, every night I have to swim in my own sweat. Again, my dear “bed” is shorter than me, so my leg always gets out of its length. I tried to find a solution for this and decided to change its direction by 180 degrees. But, again, I forgot that the head side of the bed was touching the supporting wall. So, after I rotated my bed, my leg was touching the wall and I had to keep bending my legs all through the night.

Anyways, cutting the story short, I decided to buy a new bed, a cheaper one with no head or no tail. So, I went to a nearby carpenter shop and asked for the rates. The rates started from 2000 rupees onward. I decided not to leave her and stay with her with my share of compromise.

Like other sleepless nights, when I tried going back to sleep in the morning with the thin beams of sunlight percolating in my small smoky room, my mind was all at peace. I laid down on my bed side wise, bent my legs in comfort and pulled the pillow a little closer under my head. I thought to make the customary Social media browse and then I will be off to sleep. All of a sudden a Facebook post caught of my eyes.

Believe me, at least for once, I felt like typing “Interested” in the comment section. Then I didn’t. Who can guarantee that my legs will fit in it or not, even after joining the two. I told to myself “Dude! You are comparing apples to oranges. Take a chill pill and get ready to swim in the chemical Disneyland of your sleep.”

The vicissitudes of perspectives are so mind boggling. 

P.S: I like animals very much. Especially human beings.