The Giver- Colored Pages #Wattys2016(completed)

The Broken Boundary

I was in the Release room, Jonas's father was about to inject me with the clear serum. I was not afraid like I told him I was, the word came to me when the barrier came and gave us memories of The Before. Now I described myself as "Terrified".
The memory was of two parents raising their voices I stood in a corner. As tears cane down my face, the word came to me."Terrified" a feeling that I have never felt before. And for some strange reason, I after I knew what it was, I wanted that,It makes me...human.But that was not at all the worst thing I encountered. I had a memory of a little female New-child. (A baby girl). She was just born. The only thing I did not see, that is usually there when a Family Unit receives a New-child,was the Father. The doctors said it was not breathing and did not cry. The sadness of the mother was overwhelming.
I saw something in the mothers eyes. A flash of...the word was very unfamiliar. It will come to me. For now I will call it "Seeing Beyond". Jonas mentioned it once he said he could see differently thab I did.
The greatest memory was of two men. They seemed so happy. They smiled as they lie in a bed both with ink on their body. The shorter man was less muscular; he lay with his head on the others chest. The larger was looking down into the others eyes. I saw the "Beyond" again. They lay there with a blanket down at their waist to the middle of their thies. "Love" the word was Love. And this was true love.
That's what Jonas was trying to show me in the triangle. We...love each other. And it was true love. We love each other.