RDP Tuesday: GUIDE
I had drifted off while reading a book, I don’t remember the title but I remember how warm the sun shinning through my slightly dusty windows felt on my cool face and chilly hands and I remember the smell of furniture polish-it was overpowering- lemony fresh was the scent. My sister was hard at work cleaning the woodwork because that’s what she does when she is feeling stressed out or sad.
She must have bathed my room and the rest of the house in it.
That day must have been a bad one for her.
“What pulled me away from my comfortable rest near the window was a voice whispering in my ear:
Follow me, follow me, follow the sound of my voice- just take one step at a time and follow me. ”
“Follow you where” I asked without turning my head.
” You will find out if you follow me, just follow the sound of my voice. ”
” Why?” I asked. “Why should I follow you.”
The voice sighed, the throat the voice was housed in cleared itself. ” Follow me, follow the sound of my voice. Just take one step at a time and follow me.”
I heard my bedroom door open, I heard the jingle and clicking of metal wheels rolling through the doorway.
” You don’t want to be here for this part, follow me, follow the sound of my voice-”
I heard a zipper, I heard a man whisper something to my sister who was sniffling, they were just behind me and I wondered if they could see who it was that was whispering into my ear.
” If you are still here when they bring the gurney around, you’ll lose your mind. I promise you. So follow me, just follow the sound of my voice,”
So I did.
The walk away from my window was a long one, and during my I walk, at every step, I wished I could have finished my book.
