We Met in Childhood
After leaving, realized something about him. That dream, that vision of that place... I knew him before I met him. As a child I used to sit with a group of friends, playing childish games that no one would understand but us. Then it happened...
One time, we were playing hide and seek. I was hiding under a small cherry-blossom tree. I was alone I didn't like that feeling... of loneliness. I noticed the tree was blooming amazingly. The petals rained down like droplets of water and with all those petals leaving the tree, you still couldn't tell that hey were leaving. So I sat there waiting and waiting for my friends to find me. I waited and waited for my friends to find me, I guess I went too far. I didn't here them laughing and the little pitter-patter of footsteps. Even though the sun beat down brightly and the grass was green, I started to feel cold... alone. No! No! I wanted that feeling to leave! Then I felt a sudden warmth, the warmth you feel when "you are not alone." I smiled brightly and looked up. There in front of me about two feet away was a small boy. About 5, the age I was.
The boy had short black hair. His eyes were big and bright. He wore clothes that were not like mine or any I had ever seen. He smiled at me and I saw a sparkle in his eyes. He had the same look I had, "I was not alone."
I heard my friends running toward me and I gasped. I didn't want this boy to leave me. I reached out my hand to him but my friend's voices got louder. He looked up at the direction they were. With a surprised look he disappeared.
I sat there staring at where he used to be and smiled. I no longer felt cold with loneliness. I looked up to where my friends were standing. "Hitomi! We lost you!" I smiled, "Sorry! I didn't mean to worry you guys!" They smiled also and laughed. I sat up and brushed the petals off my knees. I wondered if I'd ever see that boy again. But I knew... neither he nor I was alone.
After leaving, realized something about him. That dream, that vision of that place... I knew him before I met him. As a child I used to sit with a group of friends, playing childish games that no one would understand but us. Then it happened...
One time, we were playing hide and seek. I was hiding under a small cherry-blossom tree. I was alone I didn't like that feeling... of loneliness. I noticed the tree was blooming amazingly. The petals rained down like droplets of water and with all those petals leaving the tree, you still couldn't tell that hey were leaving. So I sat there waiting and waiting for my friends to find me. I waited and waited for my friends to find me, I guess I went too far. I didn't here them laughing and the little pitter-patter of footsteps. Even though the sun beat down brightly and the grass was green, I started to feel cold... alone. No! No! I wanted that feeling to leave! Then I felt a sudden warmth, the warmth you feel when "you are not alone." I smiled brightly and looked up. There in front of me about two feet away was a small boy. About 5, the age I was.
The boy had short black hair. His eyes were big and bright. He wore clothes that were not like mine or any I had ever seen. He smiled at me and I saw a sparkle in his eyes. He had the same look I had, "I was not alone."
I heard my friends running toward me and I gasped. I didn't want this boy to leave me. I reached out my hand to him but my friend's voices got louder. He looked up at the direction they were. With a surprised look he disappeared.
I sat there staring at where he used to be and smiled. I no longer felt cold with loneliness. I looked up to where my friends were standing. "Hitomi! We lost you!" I smiled, "Sorry! I didn't mean to worry you guys!" They smiled also and laughed. I sat up and brushed the petals off my knees. I wondered if I'd ever see that boy again. But I knew... neither he nor I was alone.