Writetober Prompts 2019

Day 6 Skeleton

Everyone has one.
Everyone needs his.
Some are small.
Some are big.
But all were different colours.
And that was why some people made stupid thing so they could see it.
Sometimes it was an accident.
Sometimes it was on purpose.

If you had to get surgery the doctors weren't allowed to tell you what colour it was.
If you saw yours you would be enlightened.
But only if the time was right.
If you saw it at the wrong moment you could go insane.
That made some people wonder why doctors didn't lose their minds.
The answer was quite simple: they had seen theirs and thus chosen this profession.
Everyone in higher ranks of the society had seen theirs.
The ones in lower ranks were too scared to know the truth. Or had seen it too soon.
There were only a few people that were able to work their way up in the career ladder without a look at it.

Some people were happy with their truth, some were devastated.
Some never bothered to check it and made it through their life without knowing their real purpose.
Some misinterpreted the enlightenment and made a horribly wrong turn in their lives and never got the chance to make up for it.

I have looked at mine and am here to tell you this:
Never look at it before you turn 18. I know it's tempting and a mysterious knowledge. But statistically spoken most people that lost their minds hadn't turned 18 yet. The older you are before you see it the less the risk of going mad. Of course that's not a 100% accurate but it reduces the risk.
Some people are born to see it early.
Some people are born to see it in their late 60's.
Usually you will feel a itching under you skin when the time is right.
It will feel as if you could only get relief by scratching your whole skin off. If this feeling hits you go and see the next surgeon in your area. You don't need an appointment. Just tell them how you feel and show them your back.
The surgeon will see the definite signs that you're ready and will cut open your arm right at the elbow.
That's a spot where there's very thin skin so you can see it without a bigger surgery. When you look at it it will glow. Don't be afraid. It's a part of you. And it shows you a hint of what your future looks like.

We all have one.
We all need ours.

The skeleton is inside us and shows us who we will be.