
10-08-2009, 01:48 AM
Why hello there. Take a seat. Come take a seat by my side. You must be wondering about my life!
You wonder don't you?
I know you do. You walk by my window every day and stare, but so do a lot of people. Pardon my eagerness. It has been so long since someone came to sit with me. Would you mind listening to my story? Well if you are just going to sit there i guess I'll tell it to you.
First let me introduce myself. My name is Red. My life has never been and easy one. I don't remember my mother very well. I do remember her arms though. Her arms were sturdy but flexible. She would swing me in her limbs. Oh mother, how i miss those days.
Forgive me; tell me do you ever miss your mother?
HA, that's what I thought but that is the way we all think about our mothers. None the less... I still miss her.
What happened , you ask?
When I was young I was plucked from my mother's arms and thrown into a hole of despair. I don't remember why, but there i was living in a home for little ones just like me. We were all forces to live in dark cells below the ground. Constantly I was surrounded by bugs. My floor was always wet. When I felt the walls closing in on me I knew I had to get out of there somehow. What choice did I have? I had to get out! I needed sunlight. I needed air. I fought my way through and was somehow able to get out of my deep cell in the ground.
Just keep going up. That was all i could think as I made my escape. I took advantage of every opening I could find and climbed into the sunlight. I will never forget how the wind felt. At first I wasn't used to it and it kept pushing me down. That is when I meet Holly.
Holly was beautiful. I can't even describe how the sun would hit her just right and she would glow. She helped shelter me from the mind till I was string enough to hold myself up. Holly and I would stand for hours just staring at the sun; soaking up all of its radiance. We never talked much but we understood one another.
Where is she now you ask:?
Ah well that is a sad story in itself. She was pulled out. Gathered up and taken somewhere far from me. when they came for her she told me not to worry, that we might see each other again. She was so calm for one being abducted. I miss her so much and when they came for me I welcomed it. I hoped that they would take me to the same place they took Holly.
Oh sorry did I pause?
I was just thinking about the place they took me. It was a factory somewhere cold. They broke my spirit there and ground me down. It was horrible but at the same time they made me who I am today. They sanded down all my rough edges. They polished me up and made me stronger. They shaped my life. T have been standing in this window ever since; waiting for someone to need my services. You're the first person to walk by in ages.
So what do you say?
Are you going to buy my services?
Are you just going to text me out and leave me like everyone else does?
I see how it is.
I knew it could come to this. An awkward silence, as you decide if you need me.
Wait?
What?
You're going to take me home?
You know just where you'd put me?
This must be my lucky day! You say I would look great under the Chandelier in the dining room?
Thank you!
So when we get to your place will you tell me your story?
Oh you have a family. You plan to sit around me every night. Telling stories?
That's great! Game night and everything else families do around a table. Don't worry about scratching my varnish, i don't mind. You already know that I've had a rough life. I would love to have a life that shapes me in a fun way. I want more stories to tell. I want to tell your stories generations after you have gone. Yes it will be sad when you leave me but I will be happy as long as I can be your family's dinner table.
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