16 Chapter 5

I strech my hand towards the body and try to turn it. But, my hands doesn't touch it, just passes through the body. I almost feel I'm hallucinating or something. So, I try again. But it's the same this time too.

Ohh! I remember when I tried to catch the moon. I had the same experience. I was 8 years old, playing in the garden with my Papa one night. I asked dad if he could the moon & play catch the ball with me with that big white ball.

Dad says Yes. He's my hero, I knew he would say yes. He went far away from me, somewhere near the trees & caught the moon. I actually didn't see it in the sky due to the swaying trees.

Dad then threw the ball to me. But, the ball feel in the pond near by. I mean towards the pond and Wow! I could see the moon there floating in the water with lotus and lilies.

I tried to catch the moon but it always slipped from my hand in the water. Me and my dad spent most of the night admiring the shining ball reflecting on the water.

A few days after that dad brought me a writer ball & some galaxy neon stickers for my room. My hero!! Now I just want to run to him & hug him. It was the innocence that time when the moon just slipped from my hand like it was made of water or gas.

But now I try once again to hold the girl's arm & turn her so that I can atleast look at who she is through her half disfigured face. But, my hand passes through the body again like my hands just don't want to touch that dirty thing lying on the green bushes.

And that's when I realise what I am! Who I am! 'A Soul!' A figureless soul, a bodyless soul, sitting in front of my Cage. A cage that looks totally destroyed.

They did come back, didn't they?