“Gasp!”
I’m startled awake. By a fleeting memory that proves to be as quick as a river as it carries away fading feelings of constraint, an emotion I can’t quite name, and fear….
Huh?
Of all the emotions to be leaving me in this moment that I realize I am completely and utterly a blank slate; fear Is leaving me? For some reason, that doesn’t seem quite right.
But I’m unable to hold on to that confusion to inquire of my own state of being.
At least in relation to my own mental state and ego.
I view my surroundings to find myself engulfed in a blanket of darkness and held in a field of green.
A flourishing forest of tall and verbose pine tree’s sprawled out from either side of me as a dirt trail seemed to lead on ahead of me. Leading to what appeared to be a small dimly lit town.
The air, my surroundings, this town, and my own identity seem to be clouded in a thick haze that I seem to be directly in the middle of. Where the edges of this fog ends and meets reality feel distant yet just out of reach.
“Well…. The only thing to go on seems to this eerie town in the distance. I guess my best bet is to start there.” I say as I ease myself to my feet and start my short but hopefully enlightening journey towards the dimly cast town.
“My fear might have been stolen away…. But the lack of sound here feels…. Off.” I state to no one but the night sky as my eyes search for dollops of light in this world overshadowed by darkness.
