When Eyes were Closed

Prelude

"I didn't know where I was. Not even sure if the place I was in, was a place I really belong" -Dylan

Have you ever thought about the possibility of existing non-humans freely wandering without us knowing? Were you also crazy about convincing yourself that the world our eyes could see had a lot more behind it? Have you ever thought about some people we met on streets, were actually not one of us? It was like they know a lot about us, but we were clueless about them. I think I was one of them.

If you happen to know the theory of daughter universes, you would surely know what I mean. I have two worlds. Whenever I sleep, I wake up in another world and when I sleep on that world, I wake up on the world I consider real.

This all started when I get to remember detailed events in my dreams. At a very young age, I was thinking that everything seemed to be normal so as what my parents thought. I used to share them everything I had seen on my dreams before. Time had passed, things were getting worst, and I don't want them to worry about me any longer. I chose not to let them know what I dreamed about because as I was getting older, the dreams I had were getting real to the point that those things I saw had harmed me in my reality.

Their fear developed during the incident that I woke up with lots of wounds and my knees bled. I dreamed of experiencing an accident while riding my bicycle. I could clearly remember that I was trying to save myself from hitting the car so with all my force I changed the direction and hit the fence instead. Luckily, I only had gotten minimal wounds and cuts. After that, I suddenly woke up and burst out of tears as I really felt the pain. The wounds and cuts were real. They were shaken by the fact that we were only lying on the same bed and how come I had gotten those? Where they all came from? I told them every detail I had seen. They were confused that time, even me.

Now, I ought to seek answers about how I was being like this, where I should be, and what should I be doing. Only that way, I could help myself in understanding what was really happening to me and do anything to put everything into place. 

I didn't know what lies ahead but I will try to clear the road. I am my own Shadow.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Hello, readers and friends! First of all, I would love to bring in your knowledge about my happiness for giving yourselves a try on my crafts. As a writer wannabe, your love and support really matter. Believe me, I owe you my growth. This is my first attempt of showing to the people the product of my studies, practice and self-criticism to improve my writing skills. This is all because I dream to be a writer. I dream to make stories that could be shared even I no longer breath in this planet.

I would also love to tell you guys how amazed and flattered I was to Dylan for giving me a permission to use his image for the official cover of "When Eyes Were Closed". Thank you Khalel, for bridging my request to the face of my protagonist, I owe you this and will always be grateful for the willingness to help me with this. Thank you gd ya! 

To my support group! You were the best guys! I love you all!

-DE Gregory

DISCLAIMER: The content of the novel may contain scenes that are not suitable for the readers 18 years and below. Some parts of this material may be triggering as they contain suicide, violence, sexual activities. Please do watch with caution or if you are sensitive with this, you can choose not to continue reading.