Hope

There I am, surrounded by darkness. I walk around trying to find the light or anything for that matter. I keep expecting to run into something or trip over something. But there is nothing there but me and the darkness. I begin to lose hope of finding anything in this darkness. I don't even know where I am or how far I traveled. I figure that I am doomed to stay in this darkness and I start to embrace my fate.

Suddenly there is something a head of me. I can't make it out. I start running to it, screaming for someone. I realize that there is a light around a person. "Who are you," I yell as I keep running to them. There is no response. As I get closer I see that it is a women. She is beautiful. Her brown hair with some red in it is blowing from a gently breeze. I can finally see her eyes, and I am amazed by them. They are so beautiful. I can see so much love and hope inside of them. I stare into her eyes for what seem like hours. All she does is stare back at me. I try to talk to her, but she remains silent. She looks familar as though I have known her from a previous life or from a wonderful dream. I break away from those gorgeous eyes of her, and realize that the darkness is gone. There are suddenly trees and flowers and grass. You can hear birds singing in the trees. Sounds of a stream with water trickling down is heard but not seen. Feelings of peace and love are in the air. There is the blueset sky that you have ever seen. The sun is shining, but that is not why there is light. The light is coming from the essence of this women. I am no longer confused or feel lonely. Everything feels right and good.

As she remains silent, she turns around and starts to walk away. She moves with such grace that it looks as though she is floating. The light follows her, and I can see the darkness coming closer to me. Feelings of lost and confusion are returning to me. I start to run after her, holding on to those good feelings. But no matter how fast I run I can't catch her. I am calling out to her to stop and to come back to me. I need her and that light that she has inside of her. I can't live in the darkness anymore. After all those feelings, and after looking into those eyes, I know that I can't live without her. I start to get tired from running after her. She gets further and further away from me. The darkness gets closer. And just as fast as she appeared, she is once again gone. How can this be? How can I lose her? How can I get her to come back to me and light up my life? I struggle to find the answer to any of these questions. I begin to lose any hope I have of finding her again. I rack my brain trying to find out why she looks familar. That may hold the key to finding her. Nothing comes to mind and I realize that I lost her. Somehow, because of me, she is gone and is not coming back. Why must I be a fool and let her leave?

The darkness surrounds me again. The trees and flowers and grass are gone. I can no longer her the birds sing or the water. Everything is gone, and that includes the hope that I had. Why would she ever want to come back to this darkness? She can find someone just as beautiful as she that has this light as well. Tears fall down as I realize it is over, and I have lost.

I wake up in a cold sweat. I look around trying to let my eyes focus in the darkness. That couldn't be real, that had to be just a dream. My eyes can finally pierce the darkness and I see that I am in my room. I reach up and turn on the lamp that is above my head. As it clicks on my eyes immediately go straight to the picture of her. She looks just as beautiful as she did in my dream. Once again all those feelings of peace and love come rushing to me. But most importanly, feelings of hope are back. It was just a dream. It is not over yet and I still have a chance.