1 The lioness
The dusky sky, as I beheld it, was a sight I could treasure for the rest of my life. The birds with their wings spread gave me an yearning that I could never be fulfilled. I gazed at them till they were out of sight. I felt my stomach aching with the life I'm meant to carry reminding me that I had to eat for the sake of my cubs. As I look around, I see all creatures great and small returning home back to their families. I have to act soon if I have to feed. There's a kid grazing afar and I can't afford to lose her for dinner although I pity her. I quickly caught her, savouring the taste before tearing her apart. The metallic taste filled my mouth until I could take no more.
From the corner of my eye, I see the mother looking at the now dead kid with a longing and forlorn expression. However it was only few seconds before the deer sprinted away to the herd. I now see that this is the flow of life. We lose something we hold dear to, even if it was only for a while and feel her heart breaking and wrenching with the pain that has plunged it's root into the soul draining and contaminating the spirit within. It drains life away to the point that one feels dead while they just exist but life has to go on.
The only way to get through this is to move on from the misery. Things change. What was once the present is the present no more. Experience the new present and remember what was once. Everything that's happened affected you consciously and unconsciously but that doesn't mean that it has to control you. Be the key holder and master of your own destiny.
To get through the piercing, heart breaking pain is not easy. It feels fresh as we unconsciously prick it with the pin of our memories, reliving them over and over again unlike the pleasant ones that filled our hearts with joy. You might feel suffocated and even find it hard to eat and live but you have to try because you're still here and you are not lost to the world yet. Revive and rekindle the fire that now flickers with the hope to burn to its fullest. Give it some oil of life. Live again. Live in the moment and make new memories while you hold the memories that are dear and the memories that made you who you are. With all these thoughts swishing through my mind, I drag the carcass to my hiding place to keep my life and feed in case I feel hungry.
I'm now exhausted and as I lay down to sleep, the image of the mother who wanted to protect her kid flashed in my mind and for a moment I feel extremely sorry for her . With the thought that such is the nature of life, I drift off into a dreamless sleep.
