"Lining Up of Thousand Souls"
(circa 2010)
I came in a crowd of strangers. They were all going in one direction, so I followed them. We're walking in an unknown land, with grasses and trees around, and in the middle of the way, I've seen that all people are already lining up in a single file.
And I heard a familiar voice, guiding them all, she's doing the command on what to do and leading them all to one direction.
The people just followed and so do I, as if everyone has a single thought, to obey/follow the command.
The guide was like my deceased high school classmate. She's outside the single line of people, and she was holding something on the her other hand that looked like a long measuring stick or something long bar.
Then suddenly, I have realized why I am following them, and I figured out they are heading somewhere where no one could return back anymore once they've entered unto it.
"I don't belong here, I need to return back! I am not dead!"
And I shouted these words loud enough for all of them to hear, "Long live the world of life!"
I hurriedly turned my back from that single line, when the men that looked like the guards, out of nowhere appeared and they're going to chase me back!
I ran fast as long as I could through the mountains, grasses, and rocky road.
They were so fast and so many as if I could be caught anytime sooner, when suddenly another man like a warrior holding a thing like a long arrow came near me. I thought he's also the companion of those men chasing me. But he struck, one by one those men and caught me with his strong arms, carrying me hastily and ran away from that strange place.
Then, I woke up. It was a dream.
By Anne Scribble