The Island of Liberty

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I opened my eyes and the white lights nearly blinded me. The white ceiling was the first thing I saw. I looked around to see Renee Jade sleeping on the side of my bed.

I realized that I was in a hospital. Why am I suddenly in a hospital? I got out of that island! But how?

I saw Renee Jade yawned and opened her eyes. She gazed at me like it was all normal. She, then, stood up to go to the comfort room. She froze when she was about to enter the comfort room and took a second look at me.

Her eyes widened in surprise. Her eyes began to watered. "Liberty! You are now awake!" she exclaimed in joy. She hugged me so tight and cried.

"I missed you. Please forgive me for what happened in the bridge two years ago. I am truly sorry, Liberty. I hope that you can forgive me."

I smiled and hugged back. "Of course, Sissy. I forgive you. After all, you are still my sister and best friends of all!" I said sincerely.

The door opened. It was Mom and Aunt Melisse. Mom immediately went to me to hug me tight.

"Liberty, sweetie! I am so happy that you are now awake. We missed you so much! You were comatose for two years and nobody, except for us, expects you to live because your case was hopeless. But we still didn't lose hope. We really missed you" Mom sobbed. I felt her caressed my hair.

We both bursted into tears. "I love you, Mom. Please forgive me for what I have done years ago..." I cried happily. But something hit me again. "But wait, you said I was in coma for two years, right?" I asked and they nodded attentively.

I decided to tell them about the island. I want to know why I was in that island. Questions that I can't answer.

"I remembered I was alone in an island. I know it happened after the incident because every night, it was always appearing in my dreams. I always encounter some memories when I was in that island, specifically, bad memories that I couldn't forget. Like the past kept on haunting me. I even saw auntie Melisse there pulling my hair" I recalled. They were all listening to me attentively.

"Is it true that I was in an island?" I asked them but they only shook their head in response, they're confused, too.

Aunt Melisse gasped who was sitting at the couch. She talked. "I've read some articles about persons had dreamt some memories while they were in coma. I don't know if it is true, but, now, after hearing what you've said, it looks so true!" she stated.

Is that even possible? I can't believe that it was all just a dream! I really thought that Renee Jade pushed me again! But it looks like in my dream that she has reasons that was why she did it.

I told them what happened about my dream and they were full of mixed emotions. Well, I told them bad memories and, sometimes, we felt awkward when I was telling them because of the bad things happened to me.

The doctor also checked on me minutes later and he told us that I completely recovered. I was so happy about that. I felt free.

We are happy now. The problems and challenges we had, made our relationships stronger. As what the famous quote says, "everything happens for a reason".

I felt unchained. Free from the locks that was chaining my heart for years. Free from the past because I learned how to forgive.

Let fear not be the burden of your choices but let fear be your guide in driving you to be free. And you can't move forward or be free while carrying the burdens of yesterday with you. Let go of the past and forgive!

Unchain your heart from being controlled by the past. How to unchain it? Forgive. That's what I have learned. The island taught my heart how to forgive. We all have our own islands needed to be unchained to be free from our fears and past.

And I unchained mine.

The island of Liberty.

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