This is a world of black and white. It is the strangest absence of feeling; the urgency and anxiety that has always been with me--gone. I know only peace and a sense of contentment... like the way I feel when I come home again after a tiring assignment.

There is a ship—a huge, mysterious vessel. There are many people on it; many more are waiting patiently to board. They seem to know that the ship won't leave without them.

If I sail from this port, where will I go?

My feet feel heavy, as if they know this is not my time…