Tears of Wings
Chapter 2:
Kindness had never been a part of my life. It didn't come from my sister and it sure didn't come from my parents. Despite the loss of feeling loved and kindness, I was still okay with it. I knew it was out there somewhere, and that's all that mattered. I may never experience it, but at least I knew that there were kind people in the world.
Actually, now that I think about it, there was one time when kindness had been given to me. I was in the park trying to get some sleep. A sudden cold front came out of nowhere, and it started to snow. The snow was beautiful for about two minutes, but then it started to get cold. I was in a little plastic tunnel and could hear the wind whipping at it, and could feel it whipping through it. I didn't have a jacket, and my fingers were already starting to feel numb. My teeth started chattering uncontrollably and it echoes in the small tunnel space. Suddenly, a head popped into the tunnel. I couldn't see what he looked like, only that he had dark hair.
"Hey, aren't you cold in there?" He asked. I didn't answer him. I was so cold that I couldn't speak. He shrugged out of his jacket and put it around me. It was leather and really warm. It smelled good too. "What are you doing out here? It's freezing!" He asked. Then I heard a lot of yelling and crashing behind him.
"Crap." He whispered under his breath. He looked behind him quickly and then said, "Sorry, but I have to go. Here, keep the jacket." He handed me his jacket and took off running down the street. I woke up the next morning and it wasn't snowing anymore, but there was a lot of snow on the ground. When people describe snow, they compare it to a blanket, soft and warm. This was not a blanket it was an ocean, cold. It had currents like an ocean, swaying back and forth, lifted with the gentlest breeze. The smallest touch would send the powder soaring. I kneeled down to the ground and picked up a handful of snow. It was cold, and felt like it was stabbing me. I let it fall through my fingers just as the wind blew, and carried it off to a new beginning.