i awoke with a jolt... before i immediately grabbed my head as it felt like it was about to explode...
memories that were not, but at the same time was, mine flooded my mind, and for a while, i was trapped in a seemingly never-ending realm of pain and suffering that was both physical and mental
when i was finally freed i took in a deep, cold breath before exhaling.
grappling with my frustration and unshed tears as my mind settled, and i could remember who i was..
sitting up, i compared the room i currently see to the one in my memories
identically.....
i get out of bed....if it can be called that...and walk to the door before twisting the knob....
locked...as usual
turning around i see the minimalist room that made up my life to this point and much...much more of my pervious life than I want to remember...
at least most of the former blood isn't there yet nor will it ever be there again.....
....and the items that have yet to be taken from me are here too...for now
im slowly remembering everything and as i do i start to make my escape plan.....
i need to leave now!!!
as i move around the small room taking stock of what i have versus what i will need.....a memory....a very important memory finally resurfaces in my mind
one that had me immediately scrabbling towards one of the corners of the room to see if it too and been taken yet....
but as i lift the filthy thread-bare, insect infected cloth that passed as my carpet and i move the wires sticking out the floor in a certain way.....before lifting and rearranging the broken wooden floor..
it slowly appeared before me.....my one and only hope for a real..true escape
i close my hand around sac of dirty clothes...crying as i felt them through the fabric...
i carefully and reverently unwrap what was once fated to me but stolen brutally..
in another life....but not this one....
this time i knew who and what i was..
i knew who and what my enimes are...
this time..... i knew how to unlock my inheritance....and wouldnt be deceived like that again...
as the night light shined into my dark room it illuminated not just my dirty unkempt self.. but also my smile as i looked down at the three different sized rings glowing faintly back at me..
'yes' I think to myself 'this time will be different....this time I will save you mom'
clutching the rings to my chest as more tears stream down my face....'this time.....nothing will be more deafening than the silence'