Rebirth

Darkness!

I found myself enveloped by darkness!

As someone who has been blind from birth, this is the norm for me. 

But the darkness I am enveloped in feels different. It feels colder, more frigid than ice itself.

Memories flicker, reminding me of my death. yet here I am. Is this supposed to happen when a person dies? No heaven or hell? Just eternal darkness! This is much worse than hell. Not even a monster to accompany me.

And time flies...

Even the concept of time is illusory in here. Decades, centuries, and even eons... I can't even tell how much time has passed.

Although I died long ago, I always existed, even beyond the void and irrespective of time. And throughout my existence, one thing never changed: the eternal darkness that enveloped me. No, at this point, I was the darkness itself!

I thought this would never end—this torture, this darkness, this loneliness... 

But the sudden warmth that came out of nowhere after so long told me otherwise.

It was soothing to the soul, and I thoroughly enjoyed the sense of warmth after so long.

Slowly but surely, the sense of touch long gone slowly comes back.

But the thing that got me most thrilled was the darkness that had been before my eyes since my birth, fading away with each passing second as a bright screen was visible to me.

With expectation, I tried to open my eyes. As I opened them, my eyes were bombarded with bright light. I blinked a few times, adjusting to the density. And after a few blinks, a scene lay naked in front of my eyes.

A scene filled with so many colors that I never imagined!

Even though I had never seen anything, I could tell I was in a room with a big bed and many things I had no clue about.

I was delighted. I was excited. I was thrilled! I can finally see!

"Fadsodad lfijaio apsodkpok"

"sodmdcow slfmdom wdfdmo oidicmoimc omoism."

Unfamiliar words that I never knew fell on my ears, and before I knew it, I was lifted in the air.

Uhhhh...??

What's happening? As I looked ahead, someone lifted me into the air. Why? How?

As I looked at myself, things slowly became clear to me.

My hands are like those of a child, and my body is like that of a baby toddler. 

My death, my current form 

dots connected, slowly forming an entire picture.

I got reincarnated!

Not only that, but in this life, I can see again! 

Unknowingly, a whimper escaped my mouth, and a drop of tears poured down my eye. A tear of happiness!

I was the same as other babies; I cried at my birth. But the cry was one of joy and ecstasy.

Seeing me cry, the person holding me hurriedly laid me down beside someone already lying on the bed.

As I looked forward, I was slightly dazed. A person with long hair and an appearance more beautiful than what I imagined angels look like. This person was definitely a beautiful lady.

She looked at me, and I could feel the happiness pouring from her eyes. Gently, she put her hands around my body, giving me the warmth that I had never had the fortune to experience in my past life.

With delicate motion, she embraced my little body.

"fskfm fsdimfisdf ofmosmf" words as sweet as honey poured out of her mouth.

Although I did not understand anything she said, I knew this was the first time someone had spoken a few words of love for me.

This was the first time that there was no darkness, the first time that I did not feel any loneliness devouring me, but this was definitely the first time I was truly happy.

And my instinct knew that this caring lady beside me was my mother.

The warmth made me cozy, and before I knew it, in my mother's embrace, my small body succumbed to sleep.