I was lying awake in the middle of the night. It was almost morning and I couldn't sleep, as with the many nights in bed. Before the morning hours of school The Owl of the night came, knocking on my forehead. "Whooooo?"
Yeah, that's a good question Mr. Owl - Whoooo's behind the idea of going to school? The owl answered me not. I then pondered if the answer must lie within myself. "Must lie, must lie" The owl responded. While resisting the urge to strangle the bird, I paused for a minute. I thought that if the answer lies within, then the taught concept of school must be a lie. Gently I hugged the bird, comforted by the owl. I later came by a new game on a black screen and thought "Well if they're playing a game with me, I'm going to play here".
The owl had left for the day leaving a note to my mind "Do Not Disturb". Hmm, if the owl sleeps during the day, then what the hell am I doing now in front of the black screen? I lost my patience for a while and decided to actually disturb the owl for a bit. This was my mistake. The owl then responded "Whoooo?" A question directed towards me, which I failed to realize. So I asked the owl the many questions I had about school, my family, everyone and everything. The owl responded "Whoooo". The owl then asked no more questions, and before I could realize it, the owl had left.
It wasn't until many years later the owl came back. When I had walked in the darkness of my years and I had answered the owl's question, unbeknownst to me.
The shadows of my doubts and fear then, was lifted from me as the owl took me under its wings, and by the gusts of wind, my mind was finally freed .
And love for all
//Azension
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