In the woods

SAVANNAH

I yearn for zachary and the warmth of his touch as i roll restlessly on my cold bed.

I pick up my alarm clock wondering why it had decided to remain silent today when i craved for its cacophonic melody. The time ran slowly.

I push the covers off of me and shiver slightly as the cold wind of winter bit against my skin. I run my hands up and down my naked body and push the door to my room open, making my way downstairs in the dark.

I make a cup of coffee and sit cuddled up on the sofa, the night breeze caressing my naked flesh.

The quietness of the dark has always comforted me and shielded me from the prying eyes of the world. I do not remember what it feels like to not be lonely.

Sometimes, like right now i sit in the dark and try to piece my memories together, fill up the blanks.

I remember the fight i had with zachary a few years ago but i do not remember anything before that, i remember my moms face, her pretty yellow floral dress that always made her eyes sparkle, her dark ringlets, her mesmerizing smile, the sun shinning brightly above her, but nothing else.

No conversations, no events, nothing.

I remember the accident, she had been driving furiously, murmuring to herself and then everything goes blank. I remember i liked to write, i have my journals to prove that. I remember i loved pancakes and sunny days, i loved bright colours and picnics.

I sit like this for hours even after i hear my alarm upstairs ring. Eventually i get to my feet and head back upstairs. I pull on a pair of faded jeans and an old sweater and leave the house.

The dream i had last night was different, even the forest looked different, it looked familiar.

I felt like i had been there before and now i feel a compulsion to find it.

What did dreams about wolves mean, am i finally losing it?

I hail a cab and rattle out an address while my brain worked. I haven't been to the site of the accident since it occured, not once, but something was pulling me there.

I had always wondered where it was we were going that night, i and my mum, why did she look so furious.

The cab stopped and i alighted.

The driver a middle aged black man winds his window down at looks at me,

"Are you sure this is where you wish to stop, there are no residential houses for miles" he asks with concern. I smile back at him and nod.

"Thanks" i say walking away.

I hear the cab drive away, back in the direction we had come.

The driver is right, there are no houses around here, the road is one that has long been abandoned for newer highways, so why were we here that night.

I walk around not sure exactly what i am searching for but convinced that there is something here i have to find.

I keep moving forward, scanning the edge of the trees that line the road.

Suddenly, the ground under my feet shook violently like a mini earthquake, i stop in my tracks looking down.

'Is it an earthquake'

As the earth continues to rumble, I put my ears to the ground and listen as i have often seen them do in movies.

It isn't just the earth, even the trees seem to be moving from their place.

There is a shufling, like the sound of a million horses racing the wind and...and.... Howling!

My heart begins to race for what? Joy? Fear?

I scramble to my feet and stand solid stiff listening to my heart beating loudly against my chest.

A wolf in town, it isn't possible, except it is no ordinary wolf like the one in my dreams.

Another howl more urgent, louder than the first bellows through the trees.