04 ~ Reflection

What lay beyond me will forever be etched in my mind as a gentle zephyr blew against my cheeks. If there is such a place as heaven, then Ophir must be that place. Its pristine forests dominated the landscape, only broken by swathes of cerulean lakes and silver streams. This must have been how everything looked like in the past where nature took precedence over men.

The clouds seem so close. It is a land where the earth meets the sky. Verdant trees grow tall almost touching the heavens, shrubberies; foliage and grass carpet the uneven terrain. The air, so fresh reinvigorate my senses.

I knelt to take a sip on the cool water on a nearby brook. The water is so clear, it mirrored the sky. There I was unknowing as numerous eyes fix their gaze on me. Who could they be, I do not know but sooner than later I am bound to meet.

I turned to Chase and to my surprise; he turned into his regular size, and not like the humungous creature he once was. Playfully moving about, scampering on the water as if trying to catch fish brought a smile to my face.

On a deeper thought, I had arrived but I had nowhere to go. Where am I and why was I led here? These are things I simply do not know and much less understand. But surely, I am led here for a reason which is something that is still has to be unveiled.


As I looked at my reflection on the water, I came to see the face of a man, no longer the boy I once was.

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