UNDERSTANDING

l tried forcing my eyes open even though it felt as though they were shackled to my lids. After several failed attempts, I tried lifting myself off the bed but that too was impossible as it felt like I was pinned to the bed by some unknown forces. l stopped forcing it later and decided to keep still.

l was awake even though my body was asleep. l pondered in my mind why l was bedridden but it seems my previous memories had been snatched from me.

'Where did my memories go?' l tried hard to break down the barrier that kept me from connecting to my memories and surprisingly, the wall didn't put up a fight instead, my memories resurfaced almost immediately. They started rushing back to me. l carefully reminisced on the events as they unfolded in my mind and without much effort, l sprang up from the bed covered in sweat. l had trouble adjusting my eyes to the heavily lit room but l eventually got used to it. l was covered in sweat and fear engulfed me.