FILL: Siku Kwa SikuardentintoxFebruary 16 2012, 00:53:37 UTC
Thought this was awesome and I filled it. It also gave me an excuse to watch The Lion King and sequels for, ahem, "research." Siku kwa siku means "from day to day" in Swahili. ---
Sometimes Simba has nightmares.
They're mostly the same: him, and his dad, and an enormous space between them, and his scream echoing over the sound of pounding, hooved feet. And over it all, his Uncle Scar's voice: Simba, what have you done?
Timon and Pumbaa don't ask him what his nightmares are about. They just tell him that he can come and sleep with them. And when he wakes up in the morning, the dreams are in the past. Hakuna Matata. He forgets them sooner or later, and he's safe here in the oasis, without the scent of dust in his nose or the sound of his voice echoing in empty chasms.
He can't sleep by himself, not yet. But he tells himself that, since he learned to climb trees without thinking of slipping and falling and the feet below to crush him, that one day he won't need Timon and Pumbaa's comforting warmth beside him anymore
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Re: FILL: Siku Kwa SikuplanesandcranesFebruary 16 2012, 21:52:22 UTC
i love this so very, very much. "her presence is his safety." so perfect. and timon and pumbaa are so sweet. i love the rhythm you found -- it's so poetic, kind of haunting, like a heartbeat behind the whole story.
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But you know that part in the sequel to Lion King, where Simba wakes up after having a nightmare about Kovu turning into Scar?
That always struck me as a PTSD kind of moment.
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Sometimes Simba has nightmares.
They're mostly the same: him, and his dad, and an enormous space between them, and his scream echoing over the sound of pounding, hooved feet. And over it all, his Uncle Scar's voice: Simba, what have you done?
Timon and Pumbaa don't ask him what his nightmares are about. They just tell him that he can come and sleep with them. And when he wakes up in the morning, the dreams are in the past. Hakuna Matata. He forgets them sooner or later, and he's safe here in the oasis, without the scent of dust in his nose or the sound of his voice echoing in empty chasms.
He can't sleep by himself, not yet. But he tells himself that, since he learned to climb trees without thinking of slipping and falling and the feet below to crush him, that one day he won't need Timon and Pumbaa's comforting warmth beside him anymore ( ... )
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Thank you. :)
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and GURL. i truly love everything you write! <3
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