the heart of darkness
There was a time in my life when I used to be happy. There was a time when I used to notice spring in all its glory around me. I was closer to nature than I was to myself because I had her in my life. My story is very old; you people have no idea how old. In those days there was only me with nobody around. I used to cherish my loneliness; there of course were my other brothers, who preferred to live in a settling, but I was not one of them. I was free, like the wind that no one could stop; no one could force to stay in one place forever. But of course I had her, always near me. Never leaving me alone, never letting me realize that I was a loner. Her undiminished love was the only thing that I had in an otherwise rotting world. She was my partner and my mentor, my inspiration and my willpower. She was an ideal partner. Every day when I went out she used to wait for me in that little cave that I called home. And when I returned home at dusk all tired and spent, she used to embrace m...