Solitude ? Firefly Creative Writing

I was so excited about the opportunity?.It was going to be great adventure and very fruitful.? I moved myself and moved my son from the place where the ocean is only 2 degrees warmer in the summer than the winter.? Where we can find the highest tides in the world.? Where we have the only reversible falls in the world, and where I blossomed.

My journey started with huge promises. I found myself in a dark place.? I had to get out to the sun every day to keep my spirit up.? But I knew it was temporary so I kept going.? I left all my beautiful friends behind and was spending time with me, myself and I more and more often.? I enjoyed the peacefulness that me being alone created but it felt extreme sometimes.? Slowing down?? Time to think?? What a concept!? Positive change all around?. New city, new surroundings, and new pace for a little while only but still very enjoyable.

Then my solitude got darker but this time it was physically speaking?.? Humongous clouds moved in?I found myself in a dark forest ? a very old forest?.Huge trees ? very tall, very thick.? I could not go through? the forest was so dense.? So I crumbled and found myself on the ground? scared, wondering what would happen this time, and why is this happening to me?

I am all alone in this forest.? In front of me, there is one path? a tiny one but a path so I must take it.? Behind is not easily possible at this time; going left or right is not possible.? The only path that I can see is in front.? So here I go on that sinuous path.? I have no idea how long it is; I cannot see more than 10 meters at a time? there is no light? It is narrow beige path within a dark green and dense fiolage.? Her I go? not knowing where it leads.? But I must go?.

I walk and walk for weeks, feeling less scared as I progress through? the dark narrow path in front of me?.I do not have a choice? I must go.? Alone on this path, not knowing for how long, I talk to myself, take care of myself, take the time to rest, and most importantly, take one step at a time and decide not to feel guilty for not going faster or slower.? I look around and admire the beauty of the dense forest that surrounds me.? Sometimes, I fall.? Sometimes I stay down for a little while, as I just need to rest.? Then I go again? until?

The point where I get a glance of a blue sky?? I am so excited to see some light that I feel lighter?and then I find a large body of water? a bit rough but water.? It is open space, brighter.? Not sunny yet, but much brighter.??? The sky opens up? it is blue with beautiful white clouds.? The sun picking through the clouds.? I am so happy?. Still alone but happy I have taken the dark path alone and it took me to a brighter spot.? Water is cold and is close to become rapids? a bit rough but not too rough?

Still alone but in a different landscape.? New colors, new smells, new sounds, new tastes, and new feelings?new hope all together.? Still feel like a scared kitty, moving slowly, being cautious, observing, and going forward slowly.? Still shy but ready to play and get close to new people, discover the new landscape, and getting wet.

I keep moving for few more days in this wet, blue and white, and yellow landscape.? The more I move forward and farther behind is the dark forest?.I am not sacred to be alone?

And then, what do I see?? A very thing green stem that has two tiny green leaves coming out.? It is a rebirth!? A little white bird tries to touch it or eat it or try to land on the stem but it is too fragile so it just flies around and admires the newness of what can be seen.

I know now that on my journey alone, I had to learn to believe in me and trust that everything would be ok.? Had I not been alone at this point, had I not taken that dark sinuous path, had I not taken the time to walk, had I not taken the time to stay down when needed and get up to take few more steps every day, had I not done that? I would not be in a new place today; I would not have realized that I can trust myself to find a way, that everything is ok and that after a storm, the sun comes out?

Source: http://www.fireflycreativewriting.com/mbm-spring-summer-2012/solitude/4883/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solitude

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