Cold & Dark 💔🌹
It has always been like this. Always cold, no way the light can pass through… she was in search of sunlight. The darkness was so powerful that she never could imagine how a bright day would be. Everything was sort of black. Black houses, black garden, Black flowers, black butterflies but no humans. A dark forest close to her house, a dark lake and a lot of snow. She doesn’t know whether this white snow is a sign of positivity or negativity.
It was another dark morning, she woke up to this snowy day again. She could clearly see the leaves and plants were full of snow and lifeless, as if all the leaves were asking for a ray of light, warmth of sunlight. But helpless, exactly like her. How did everything end up here like this?
She would see everyday, there is no life. Was she kidnapped, was she taken, or she loved to be alone ! Lots of questions, yet no answer….
Oneday, she thought she would run away. Little did she know that the darkness is brutal. Darkness itself is alone and is waiting for someone to embrace it.
She heard a voice, someone calling out for her. That never happened ! She ran towards the forest without thinking who it would be. All she wanted was to escape. With a lantern in her hand, a stick she could use to protect herself, barefoot full of mud, yet a glowy face, eyes with dry tears, chapped lips and body full of bruises. She looked like a rose touched and crushed by a thousand hands… Finally, she saw someone on the boat in the lake. Face is unclear, covered with a shawl. Not sure if a male or female. She got on the boat. “Let us go!” “Let us go '' ! She said and the journey began.
Sound of water splashes, the snowflakes and the cool wind, as if they were the only co-passengers. She was freezing. Then she heard this voice “get inside. She followed, she saw a cosy bed, warm blanket and fireplace in front of it. Finally something warm and illuminating. Lot of thoughts in her head and she chose to sleep. The joy of freedom, the joy of positivity and the joy of success. Today there is no dream, everything is happening for real. The world is no more round, the world is not cruel. The earth is straight. She could move from place A to place B without going back to the same place where she started from.
She felt something touching her feet. She wakes up with fear on her face and sees nothing. Maybe she is just afraid of what she went through all this while. She walks out of the small cabin. The guy is still riding the boat. She looked at the sky, no sun, yet clear with few clouds. No birds, no rain, no snow, just the cool wind. She realised that it is a different place. She wanted to thank the guy on the boat. She walked up to him and said “ you saved my life. I have no words to show my gratitude.” The guy is silent, no acknowledgement. Not even turned around to look at the woman. Strange ! She walked away and sat. Started playing with water, fingers touching fish. She was happy for the first time even with an empty stomach. She closed her eyes to live the moment.
Suddenly the boat was shaky, it started to rain. The raindrops were hurting the skin like needles. Soon snowfall started, wind speed was unimaginable. It was stormy. She couldn’t think of anything. The shawl flew away with the wind and there was none. Again the same fear, seeing things vanishing in front of her eyes. There was no boat, no water, no sky, nothing. She is on a wooden bed. The world is cruel and the earth is round. It is the same dark room, cold enough to freeze her brain. She couldn’t move although she tried to. The window was closed, she could no longer see the garden full of snow. Though there was this fireplace in her room. She kept thinking about what happened.
The door opened, someone came in with a bucket of water in one hand the other hand with a towel. He looked so evil and the face was familiar. He took off her clothes and tortured her in all possible ways, then cleaned her with the water and covered her up with clothes. He neither looked sad nor happy. No signs of regret, no signs of emotion. He walked out of the room. She lied on the bed as she has been doing for years.
Her day starts with the darkest dreams and ends up with the dark reality. There is no one who can save her. All she is waiting for is an ending of a dark story .
