I felt as
the blood was rushing fast in my veins that left me shaking, but I did it this
time, my legs didn't betray me like those other times, I ran for the postman, he
was an old man, wrinkles cover his face but his smile was always crossing his
face as the sun crosses the clouds on fire, He gave me the letter.
"thank
you Mr.Sharley" I said, and he gave me a wink in return and wished a good day
for me.
even when
he was out of my site, my body didn't seem to obey me. Do you think I’ll ever
get better at this? That my heart might someday stop trying to jump out of my
chest whenever I receive a letter from you?
I didn't
let myself open the letter near any existent person, so I escaped away to the
place when I can be alone, running with all my feet can manage, crossing the
forest not realizing that it is getting darker and colder, sometimes there was
nothing but trees,
and then there would suddenly be a breathtaking glimpse of the Ocean,
reaching to the horizon, dark gray under the clouds. I stopped because my lungs
can't be filled with any Extra oxygen and because I reached the top of the
cliffs that bordered the beach here.
I forgot about the pain I was feeling in my legs and lungs once I saw the view
that seemed to stretch on forever, this was my kingdom of isolation. it is
already dark, Tonight the sky was utterly black, the thick clouds that letting
any chance for the moon to appear and yet the wind that blows faster and
harder. it didn't matter for me because I know that this place will never fail
amazing me with its beauty, promising me that it won't change until you come
and see that beauty by yourself.
I took the flashlight
from my pocked that my mother always insist to take it with me. and for glimpse
I thought about her and that she might be so worried about me, but it didn't
matter, I'm in no position to think of any one but you, any thing but your
letter, I opened it, reading your words, moving from one to another like a butterfly
looking for pollen, like a ballet girl choosing her steps Smoothly to give the
best performance ever.
it is
something I have always enjoyed doing, reading your words, like if it was the
only way destiny chose for me so I got to know you, to feel that you really
exist.
you started
your letter with a quote for Aristotle Onassis "It is during our darkest
moments that we must focus to see the light." be well and focus on the light inside you.
why would
he say this ? I reread those lines dozens of time before I decided to continue
reading, the wind is howling like this swirling storm, it was "I wanted to
be rich, but simple all what I got" the last line I read before the winds
decide that it is enough for me reading and taking the letter from my hand, It
was like someone had died- like I had died. Because it had been more than just
losing the truest of true thing, as if that were not enough to kill anyone. It
was also losing a whole future, a whole family- the whole life that I'd chosen,
I felt pinned down
by the pressure of the storm. Everything swirled around me, The air had a faint
electric charge—I could feel the static in my hair. I stared in disbelief as
the letter flying in the sky begging me to reach and bring it back to its
place, to my shaky hands that I can't feel them now. I was running toward the
letter, not seeing a thing, everything stopped, the latter was the center of
the world, and I must have it back, I stepped out to the edge, keeping my eyes
on the letter in front of me, fading away, getting further and further.
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| photo by lucie drlikova |
AND THIS HAPPENED
I screamed as I dropped through the open air like a meteor. The wind
resisted, trying vainly to fight the unconquerable gravity, pushing against me
and twirling me in spirals like a rocket crashing to the earth.
it is when I realized I was leaping into
space. felling for what seemed like an eternity to me, finally sliced through the surface of the water, cutting
smoothly into the dark gray waves below.
That was
when the current caught me.
It felt
like the waves were fighting over me, jerking me back and forth between them as
if determined to share by pulling me into halves. black angry water in every
direction; there was no brightness to direct me upward.
Gravity was
all-powerful when it competed with the air, it is when I didn't want to fight
anymore. And it wasn't the light-headedness, or the cold, or the failure of my
arms as the
muscles gave out in exhaustion, that made me content to stay where I was.
it
was the letter, the busy place which has suddenly gone calm and I am on the no
set to leave it. how can I ? it's peaceful in the deep, cathedral where you
cannot breathe, no need to pray and no need to speak. just me and the letter
that suddenly got scattered in pieces shining
like stars and lighting me up like Venus. it is when I realized this, YOUR WORDS ARE THE LIGHT I NEED TO FOCUS ON.
( I know where it exists, hope you like yours)
To be continued
