Waking up to complete darkness isn't that bad.
A little scary at first, but once you get used to it.
You'll actually find it a lot warmer than the light.
Too warm to leave and too welcoming to stay awake.
The first time I was dissolved into the dark matter of God knows where was when a truck slammed right against my body. Thankfully, I was back in one piece,
I remember the doctor praising my body's capacity to shield my internal organs at such a young age. Although, it was merely false hope for all of us and for me.
The minute my eyelids sprang open, I saw pigments of distorted objects and that was when they finally found out an aftermath of the accident.
At an early age of 6, I was prescribed with glasses whose lenses surpassed my own parent's and it wasn't a fun experience at all. It was strange since that
didn't irk them at all, the only thing they cared about was my swimming career aka the road I was 'destined' to take. They feared that my eyesight could
possibly worsen my 'skills', or so they called it.
I used to stress over it and I do admit it actually drove me into desperation.
But those were the days when I tried to win them over with cheap things such as shiny pieces of metal adorned with inexpensive red laced ribbons that made kids cry.
When I turned 12, I realized that none of my efforts actually made any progress with achieving the so called parental love and affection. Instead, I ended up
shovelling the coal I harvested into their scorching egos.
And the moment I turned 13, I refused to inhale their poisonous gases and escaped the furnace once and for all.
So one day, I lunged forward and unlocked the rusty door and scrambled out to take part of the refreshing breeze. I stumbled out and clawed my way through
the weeds and through the forest and into utopia. But it was too late for someone like me, my lungs grew weaker as I inhaled the cleansing air and before I
knew it nothing seemed right anymore.
Something was aiming to tear my throat apart and I could never fathom why my stomach threw a tantrum, all I knew was.
I was free.
I felt my body react with a shiver as two warm objects slammed against my rib cage. The feeling caused my stomach to churn and my heart to palpitate. Deep
inside the pit of my raging stomach, I felt a foreign substance revolt for its own solid liberation and it sure didn't show any mercy whatsoever.
In less than a minute, the second blow attacked my quivering body sending my nerves off track and forcing my body to give in to the foreign revolution burning
within me and with no avail it stormed upward past my oesophagus and breached into the depth of the warm sand.
The taste of salt ravished my tongue and I can tell you this for sure, it tasted a lot better than chlorine.
My shaky palms rubbed my sore throat as I proceeded to eliminate even more of the nature's offsprings.
It felt nostalgic, when was the last time I drank sea water? Rather, when was the last time I actually swam in the beach?
Mother and Father loathed it for reasons I'd rather not explore.
Perhaps, that is why I learned to love it so bad.
"Are you alright?" A shadow loomed over my puddle of humiliation, its fingers cascading through the empty spaces in the sand.
I was hesitant but then I questioned myself, when have I ever allowed my cowardice to take the better of my decisions?
I lifted my head up hoping to see my savior in all his or her glory but alas the sun pierced through my hazy vision and I couldn't stop myself from turning away.
I felt its fingers move once more.
Roaming the sand, drawing closer and closer to where my feet had submerged into.
"Ah! I found a strange looking object last night, I figured it might have belonged to you" A hand slithered away from the sand and plucked a pile of red twigs-AH!
"My glasses!" by instinct, I grabbed them off his palms and clumsily struggled to put them on. My vision straightened immediately and the world finally stood still. The blood rushing through my brain ceased its flow and retreated back to roaming the dying parts of my cold body.
With my vision restored, I decided to take another glimpse at him.
And It was the best decision I made thus far.
DUN DUN DUN
I HAVE RETURNED :D
