dreamland
half reclined in my seat as the train comes to a halt in Tampere, the sun shines into my eyes and gets me out of a limbo sleep i was having.
he comes in drowned in sleep, carried by his dad. a comforting little teddy is placed next to his hands as his dad tries to sit without causing too much disturbance to wake him up. its close to mid night as the sun hovers along the horizon, after a 30 minute stop the train starts towards Rovaniemi. as the train picks up speed, he squiggles and wiggles on his dad’s chest and thanks to the loud people around the smoking area he comes out of his slumber. expectedly he is upset and calls out for mom, who is seated just behind where he is.
with a well known embrace, he rests his head at mom’s chest while he is comforted and settles down - the simple warmth of being with mom never seems to cease. but his frustrations are more than visible as the voices continue to linger around. he slowly slips himself from mom’s grip into the floor below and unable to show his restlessness he moves around in the floor aimlessly, before letting out a cry.
mom gets all worried, lifts him and starts cajoling and coaxing him into sleep. but he is determined not to sleep that easily, even though his continuous yawning show otherwise. the slow swinging around in mom’s hands quietens him down and he get into looking at all the passengers seated in the vicinity. while still putting a small little wrestle in his mom’s hand, adjusting himself to be able to see around. its still not the ideal settings for him to get back to his dreamland, as people are making merry by the smoking area.
so dad comes up and takes over, this time in long slow and gentle swings he gets him to slowly lose himself to the soothing feel and his heavy eyes teasingly come close and yet he opens them in full determination to let out his complete anger from not being allowed to continue his sleep. but then tiredness takes control and soon his determination vanishes as his eye lids touch and sleep takes over.
with a face expressing peace tranquility contentment, he hugs his teddy and is back in his good old dreamland.
