THE HYMN OF SORROW

GO BACK.

THIS WAS RINGING IN MY EARS WHEN I WOKE UP, COVERED IN SWEAT. I WAS STRUGGLING FOR AIR...I DON’T KNOW WHY...BUT THERE SEEM TO BE SOME PRESSURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WAS MAKING IT HARD TO BREATHE. MY THROAT WAS AS DRY AS A DECADE OLD WELL. I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK.

2AM.

WHAT A SHITTY TIME TO WAKE UP. I HAVE TO WAKE UP EARLY IN MORNING. I TRIED TO SLEEP BACK BUT FAILED. LETTING OUT A DEEP SIGH...I GOT UP FROM THE BED AND POURED MYSELF A GLASS OF WATER.

PUTTING THE GLASS BACK ON THE TABLE I NOTICED THE LIGHT IN MY ROOM. I FOLLOWED THE FRINGES. IT WAS MOONLIGHT. I RAISED MY HAND TO FEEL THE LIGHT. BUT CAN WE REALLY FEEL THAT.

I LOOKED AT THE WINDOW. THE MOONLIGHT WAS COMING THROUGH THE CURTAINS. IT WAS DIM. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS HAVING A STRANGE FEELING. I MOVED TOWARD THE WINDOW AND OPENED THE PANE. A GUST OF COLD WIND BLEW IN GIVING A CHILL UNDER MY SPINE.

I MOVED CLOSER TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKED AT THE SKY.

MOON.