FIGHTING THE UNSEEN

In the midst of the fears, stranded by an array of confusion and rejection I sat forlornly in deep thoughts. 'How did I get here?'  I asked myself severally but had no answer.  In my invisible world of thorns and shackles , I tried to stand and was pushed back unto the rock , so strong a force it was .Thorn into amazement, I tried to stand, once again a strong force pushed me back to the rock, one that felt hot, hotter and hotter and I could no longer sit. I kept wriggling on the rock.

As I thought of how to get out of this mess, a strong wind blew, a threatening hissing sound followed. At first, it made the rock feel cooler but as the hissing sound raged I became frightened. A blur sight of the sky was all that was before me. So hard and firm I managed to gather the strength then I cried out ‘Where is this, how did I get here’. There was nothing I could remember. Then I saw an enormous apparition, surrounded by a cluster of stars,  moving wavily yet at a standstill. “Follow the very white string at the edge of every flower, beyond these rocks you will have to ignore every image that seems to frighten you, and also don’t pay attention to these voices of discouragement that might ring in your mind. To get to the end of this tunnel, you will have to believe in yourself and follow the principles; a deviation of any will cause you to end up in your never dying land of pain." it said.

Now, I tried to stand up and there was nothing holding me back so I set off through the thorns and rocks. Preposterous as it sounded I just had to believe that this is my new world so I have to live in it the way I must. A recurrence of its last words “a deviation of any will cause you to end up in a never dying land of pain”. So I set off following the white strings that looked like a ligule. As I walked through the forest I could see hanging images of skulls and skeleton’s scattered all around. Getting frightened the voice rang again. Tracing the path of the ligule I became lost and could find no ligule but I had not gotten out of the rocky forest, so I tried looking through the weeds and still couldn’t find a ligule. Anxiety grew older and older, quickly flipping through the dry leaves I founded a flower with the ligule, the stem of the flower was broken so it fell off. A great sigh wasn’t enough to express my relief. On and on I walked on, I grew thirsty and hungry, more horrible sights befell me. I saw the tongue of a human, the eyeball and ear hanging in the air without a head. To some of these images I closed my eyes, wished I could go on eyes closed.

Then I came across a heap of dry leaves, I could feel there was something beneath the dry leaves. I could hear the dry leaves fluttering from beneath. Quickly I began to scatter the dry leaves to unveil what was beneath the heap of dry leaves. My suspicion and curiosity grew as I searched deeper. Suddenly, I touched a soft silky cloth, touching deeply my hand caught hold of a human arm. I heard myself scream out loud that I could feel the whole place stare at me. Hurriedly I ran off in fear. I took to my heels and didn’t care where I was heading. So after I had calmed off my nerves, I then remembered the course for which I was there and the voice rang again. Now so scared I knew I had lost track of the ligule. Cast my eyes around and I found a little girl with her hands wrapped around her legs and her jaws on her knee. She closed her eyes so hard and tears trickle down her cheeks. Slowly walking towards her I felt like a thief because I took my steps like one. I touched her and she jumped up terrified. Please don’t kill me she cried. Seeing her weep touched me deep down into my bones. A soft part of my heart filled with compassion. I drew her closer and both of us in fear drew each other closer. Then the apparition appeared again, we both heard ourselves crying out “sorry we missed the course, I don’t want to be here forever, can’t absorb the torture any more”. In a breaking choky voice the apparition told me I had accomplished my mission but I had to carry on with her for a different task. So tight we held each other. We had to help ourselves, now we knew we were safe together.

 After, the apparition left, from her chest shone a light, looking at the light we found the direction to take, we took the path and we had a lot coming our way, together we fought that which we could not see with our eyes but in our minds. All along we walked with our eyes closed. So deep into the battle with the disgusting double eyed creatures with slippery bodies, jelly-liked liquid dripping from their bodies. With our backs touching each other round and round together we caused them all to drop dead till the last of them fell, now a light shown from afar, and forced our eyes opened. We turned around and saw ourselves in a peaceful land.

In a land where there was sweet honey, saw kids playing around, women laughing and chatting whiles cooking , men busy at work. A perfect place to be. Just then I realised all these were a dream. What a bright sun that shone outside my window as I thought of the dream.