I'm in a dark space. I can't see anything around me or hear anything. My senses have all gone numb. Am I dreaming?
I start walking, randomly, hoping to see something different.
- Is anyone there?
Is this it? Maybe I'm dead and this is all there is?
Screaming starts to resonate, the smell of metal, bleach and petrol. Everything is still black but the sounds and smells are getting louder and stronger.
- Josh you did this to me...
- This is all your fault!
- It hurts...
- Please stop!
- Get away from me!
- What are you doing?
This might be hell, but I'm still calm despite all the creepy things I am hearing. It gets brighter and when I look up there is a sky full of stars.
It's pretty... this might not come as a surprise for many, but I think we don't spend enough time looking up at the sky.
Once I start to concentrate on the stars, the sounds and smells slowly disappear. "I could stay here forever" I thought to myself. I slowly close my eyes
- You can't stay here forever Josh. There is still so much you need to understand and see.
- Dad? You're supposed to be dead... did I die?
- No, this is neither heaven nor hell. It's all in your mind.
I want to open my eyes to see if he was standing there but I felt like if I did that then he would disappear forever.
- Forgive your mother, son. She has a weak mind so she gives in to her emotions, you understand?
- I've never hated her for what she's done, i only remember her from how she was before
- Good, keep those memories. You need to go home. You need to find yourself again.
- Find myself?
- You're lost in the dark. You need to know the truth, you need to find your memories.
- But I can't remember, the drugs... they took everything from me.
- They also gave you something. You need to go, now.
I suddenly wake up in the infirmary at school. What was that about? Just a dream? Classes are over and I don't even know how I got here. Did I pass out? The nurse isn't here.
The Silence was nice but I'm back in reality once again. I should go home.
