If one day I wake up that all animals or any living creatures can talk
It will be our chance day, at least for my family to bond with nature, we have plants and plenty of animal pets we are taking care of.
Two dogs, five chickens, and doves that I can’t count.
I'm not going to shut my mouth off because I am unable to, but our two dogs don’t mind, so I should not mind too.
I will run towards them (like I always do when waking up) but this time, I will shout their name at the distance before caressing their head up close.
I know they’re gonna respond to that shout anyway even without my shouts, just hearing the footsteps they do.
I want to know what time they slept last night. I want to know if their sleep is fine because I am dying to know all my life of what they’re doing when we are sleeping. So, I will ask them.
I will free them from their cage and remind them to not mess around with our doves and chickens because doves and chickens are our friends and family too, they're a family pack.
I want to know from Dendi why he loves to bully Cedie and wants all the attention to him.
I want to know from Cedie why she didn’t fight hard to his brother when he stole the attention that should be given to her. I think she knew something about Dendi, and she understood it.
I want to know from Dendi why he always feels scared in everything because I am dying to know his side of this feeling.
I want to know from Cedie why she loves to chase another animal creature and some insects when bored, is she playing with them? Hope she won’t get it though.
I want to know from Dendi why he is such an honest and obedient dog and I want to know from Cedie how come she had her own decisions and preferences that she decided what and when to follow certain commands, where did she get that attitude?
I want to know from Dendi how he could sense my mood fast and I want to know from Cedie how intuitive and observant she is.
I will hug both of them to apologize, both of them are special.
Dendi is not ill-mannered because he loves to wander and explore around. I find it inspirational to be a child like him again.
He is insecure and wants attention to be appreciated because everyone loves to nitpick his nature and loves to scold and hate him even in little ways that irritate them and things they cannot change.
I hope they appreciate how bubbly and smart he is despite his weak side and I hope they will stop playing with his feelings.
I also want to have a conversation with Cedie as to why she loves to sunbathe amidst sun rage and maybe earn some healthy advice from her routine.
Have a pep talk with Dendi about his fears and help to overcome his overthinking nature, fear of the unknown and address his jealous tendencies. We will talk about our fears.
Have a forum to both that cherishing their bond should be their top notch because they are siblings, they had to take care of each other when everything else falls, they only had one another so instead of competing against, be the support.
Have a confession to them that my ADHD messes our schedule. How my emotional struggle ruins my performance on attending house chores and how this depression of mine isolates myself from the world, including them. But I want to confess that the only reason for me to leave my room and this isolation is their call.
I will ask them to have a walk with me outside and by means walk is to run while shouting.
We will disturb silent noises and let other animals and living creatures respond to us through loud shout backs, no matter how ‘with feelings’ it is as how they should be living.
Going home to disturb our doves,
I want to know why other doves chose to reside in our house. Do they have a home before? Or are they just lost? Or they’re just looking for their ‘one’ love in our doves?
They keep on adding and we love to accept any added ‘doves’.
They are so free, and we are open to free doves who decide to be with us.
I am dying to know why, why us?
If doves are humans, we call our home an orphanage.
But still we adopt lost doves (just guessing they’re lost somehow and come to meet our doves in their way and they followed)
I am wondering too, is it our doves that are too friendly?
How they meet up in the wind and how they bond up in the wind.
Though, when it comes to home nests, they are territorial.
I sometimes call them naysayers because I feel like they watch our detailed move in the house the way we watch them live.
It's just as it is, I want to learn how they use that ‘bird’s eye view’ I got a lot to learn from my studies.
The longer they live with us, the more they are active at night. I thought chickens are morning animals.
Well, I guess they changed their routine.
I want to know what the fuck this thing are they looking on the ground?
What exactly is it aside from worms? They love to dig with their feet but somehow, I don’t even know if they ever encountered any worms in our yard. Did they find any worms? What I meant worms are not the noodles we provide.
I want to know how our female chickens produce eggs even without the help of male chickens and any artificial birth force.
Amazing, just like how the taste of their egg is, milky egg, organic.
I don’t like eggs but because of them, I realize how faulty I am living with this economic business world.
Love em milky eggs.
And with this chance day, I came to realize how these plants made our home homey. How they protect amidst too warm and coldy seasons. How these existent envelopes our home in a magic and light brace.
No one ever unheard and unseen of in this space.
And I think our animals can attest that.
I thank this gift and with that day, on this day, with and without, nothing’s going to change.
They are all gifts.
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