A Day on An Island
Do you know what I like to do for so long? One of them is to go to a place–in an island for one day, perhaps– where there’s no other people but only me. As I embrace the cold breeze that’s coming from the sea, I’d like to scream so loudly like I’ll never scream anymore. I know no one will hear me as I confide every single thing I dislike about my life. Nothing will respond to me, but only my echo, as I summon to the tides each pieces of me that I would like to disregard. I just want to cry and tell that some times in my life, like any other humans there, I feel so sad too and consider that life is so unfair.
No, this isn’t self-pitying. I don’t grumble about the ungrateful circumstances that happen to me. Sometimes, in order for you to be relieved from any feeling of grief, you just simply want to be alone and bring out all the angst you feel inside. Because I wanted relief, I always yearn to to be, even just a day, secluded from others; cry in the sand until afternoon and wait for the sun to set. But well I guess, the sunset will be the one to tell me that life is still beautiful despite all the tribulations I have. It’s truly the irony of life: When I feel everything is over, when I feel life really sucks, when I feel unappreciated, there are still wonderful things hidden from them. Like during the sunset, one could always conclude that the day is almost over. But isn’t it that one of the best parts of the day is on twilight? I don’t know with you, but as for me, I’ve always anticipated the sunset. It might be the end of a bright day, but it’s almost the onset of a cold night–the cold night that brings stars in heaven and makes every dreamer to sleep.
After this day of confessions of my awful situations, I could now go back to my real place and have fellowship with other people. Thank you for a day on that island. Thank you for the tides that washed away all my tears. Thank you for the birds’ chirpings that produced music during my melancholy. Thank you for the Lord who brought me there… even just a day.
