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Silence. Bitter darkness that no one could pierce through. I stood there that night, alone, wandering in the woods asking myself constantly why I was so willing to travel so blindly about. I'd bump into trees, step into holes and slap myself by branches.
I'm foolish. I have no reason to be out here.
No. Perhaps I'm just lying to myself. Deep down, something is pushing me to keep going. Despite the brutal cold that surrounds me, that darkness is an embrace that feels all too familiar. Like I should already know how it should feel. At the same time, I fear what that darkness can throw at me. It is manipulative. Always has been. It can do whatever it wants to me and I wouldn't even know it.
Then again. A little manipulation is needed in order to see the light of the situation.
“Follow my voice, ” called a voice in the dark. I was reluctant to follow such a stranger, but it was one of the only solutions to get me out of wherever I was. And this voice was soft. Familiar, even. As if I knew it from somewhere.
Carefully, I listened to the soothing serenade that was called out to me. I was always one to worry about consequence and of course, this one takes the cake.
And yet, my worries were fading the more I would listen to this man speak to me.
“You are alright. I am here. You are safe. I promise. I won't let anyone hurt you.”
A trust brewed within my heart. Something I never gained often. It felt different. Warm, in fact. I admired the effect this voice had on me.
I gained enough strength to trust myself, running into a sprint towards the voice within the pitch black of the night. The light would glow brighter the faster I ran. The importance I had felt would help me see things clearly.
And then-
And then…
I woke up.
It was a dream, as I was told. I was so convinced that it was real. I heard it, felt it, maybe I slept walked to my bed, who knows.
All I know is I woke up to someone familiar as I trusted myself to see this whole time.
It was you.
And the darkness faded away.