![risk-taker's tale logo copy.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfAzwBZBMwerFKFK4jqsXbN4UBnoiVfGjWa7WQiEVxLRT/risk-taker's%20tale%20logo%20copy.jpg) It was dark inside me. I searched for light. Desperately stretching out my hand for something. Anything to reassure that I'm alive. There was nothing. It was silent. The deafening kind. I tried to speak to test my ears. Words won't come out of my mouth; not the ones I wanted to speak anyway. Have I lost my voice? No, I thankfully thought. Have I lost my courage to speak? What a more frightening thought than the darkness and silence. I ran. So desperately searching for a glimmer of light. My heart raced faster than my strides. My thoughts trailing behind: _what, where, how? Am I alive?_ I stopped in front of a blinding light. Hope! The place was a beauty. I was in awe. There was all kinds of white. Isn't white just white? I never imagined a different kind of it, but there it was with a formidable looking gate standing tall – golden and glowing. I'm saved. Finally, I can go home – or so I wished. I took a step into the gate and an alarm went off. I hit a wall I cannot see. How? I couldn't cross until I give it up, somebody spoke. Confusion was all over me. I had to give up something I do not have. I felt something in my hands. There it was; a white pouch with a golden ring inside. I was even more confused. I had to give up something I do not even own. What an easy decision – or so I thought. I couldn't let it go. I frowned, torn between two decisions I do not even understand. I wanted to cross the gate and go home but I found myself not letting go. It was dark. There was no light; and then there was again. I saw a flicker of it, and water? I blinked, a lot. There was more water. I fully opened my eyes, tears flowing. Why? Tears of gratitude – the purest water I can offer as tribute for another chance in life. I remembered the pain. I tried to reach my belly but I couldn't move. Oh! It was a success. I am alive. I am home.
_With a grateful soul, The 8-year old who loved life_
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