I was at Htee Kale People's Hospital.
At first, I was not in the hospital. In fact, I had not yet come to this world. I had an other small world, not this world where real human beings lived in. To live in, that little world was, at first, good enough for me. But one day, I began to feel that the world was getting smaller and smaller. Sometimes I even kicked the walls of that little world. The walls were so soft.
I did not know how long I lived or had to live in that world. One day I was about to leave that world. In the small world I lived in, I felt like I was drowning because of some fluids. And I thought I needed to get somewhere.
That world was a really good place for me to live . . .
Hmmm . . . They cut the cord of my connection with that world. Why did they cut the rope that gave me strength?
The place where I arrive now was cold. The place where I lived was as warm as this world was being so cold. I did not like this feeling. I did not like it at all. Something was touching me. Ah . . . What was so significantly harsh on my head? Do not touch my body. It hurts. Do not touch.
Sounds? . . . Sounds I did not understand . . . What sounds? I thought it must have been somewhere nearby. Increasing and decreasing the volume several times. Increasing. Decreasing. Increasing. Decreasing. Round and round.
I also tried to mix like those sounds. Ouu . . . My voice was thorny. And . . . and . . . I did not really like the way I sounded.
I never really thought it would be so hard to leave the old place, my tiny little world. During the transition, I struggled to get out of the traffic jam. The new place was full of such harsh experiences. Noisy noises. I did not expect myself to be in such pain.
I came to this world with a lot of noise. I was greeted by the noise of this world.
As soon as I set foot in a new place, I began to feel the roughness of this world.
Before I knew the touch by something I did not know, I was not sure what the world would be like. In fact, before I knew it, I was approaching something warm defending the roughly coldness of this awful place. I could not see what thing is touching me, but it was as if a warmth has sinking into me. Huuu . . . I do just feel a little better.
That . . . I was even touched something in my mouth. I did not know what it was. But it was as if I had regained my strength in the world before. I liked this one. Sweet. Very Sweet. The next time I crave this sweet and energetic thing, I screamed at the top of my voice.
There was more. I was surrounded by something and my face was still covered. In the past, nothing was wrapped up around my body. But here, I did not know what things were happening to me, taking off the wrap and wearing again. Even when I did not like it, I made noises. I was also noisy when I was taken away from something that provided me with warmth and sweetness. In fact, in this world, if something I did not like was done to me, I always made a lot of noise. This place was really different from the previous world I lived in. In this current world, sound was something I did not yet know.
There were two other things I like. I also felt the warmth of those things. The first one gave a rough touch. The other one was not as rough as the first one. It may seem a little harsh on me, but I was glad it was done to me; I did like that touch, the second one. It sounded a little soft, and a voice came out as it touched me. I did not know what laughter sounds like, but I did feel that voice was familiar to me and close to my heart. It was as if I had never heard such a voice before, but as soon as I heard that voice I was given a positive outlook on a new place, wondering if there was anything in this world that I was happy with.
That's how I, firstly, lived in this world.
Later, I knew that the one who gave me pure sweets and hearty warmth was my Mom, the one who who gave me the warmth I needed, even though it was rough, was my Dad and the one who introduced me to happiness, joy and gentleness was my big brother, Ko Ko.
Yes . . . I knew as much as I should have known. I got to know them through touch. It's the same now. I have never seen them but I have known them.
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