He open his eyes. What he sees in front of him is a face of a beautiful girl under a big tree. He closes his eyes. Open it again. What he sees in front of him were insects swarming around a corpse. He closes his eyes again. He opens it. This time he sees group of people dancing, drunken and laughing together. Open. Close. Open and close again and again. How many time had he been doing it. How many years have passed? With his vision he saw the birth of a child, the happiest moment in someone life, war, murderer, grief of a person and much more till it's uncountable.
Ahhh.. it must have been thousand if not million of years passed since he been waiting to waken up in his own body. To moves his own limb, to feel his own body to taste all the food he had seen with his eyes. How many years should he wait till he waken up from this endless dream. If one day you finally wake up what will you do? What will you find? I ask that to that wandering soul, still seeking a body to dwell. But there's no answer. it's expected. A body without a soul is empty, so is a soul without a body.
That soul appearance is a little kid but it eyes is pure black, with no emotion. It had been long since I am here, in this land between the death and the alive. When I first came here, I met this little child wandering around alone peeking through people memories and consciousness. His black eyes that should not show any emotion looks sad, like a rain was about to fall from it. From that day I decided that I will stay with him till his wish can finally be granted. But, the time will always be the obstacle in life or even in death.
My time have comes, before I truly gone from this world I need to cross to the other side, where the death rest in peace. But before I go, I want to see him smiling saying "it's alright now, you can go and stop bothering me". Just that kind of simple word, I wish to hear it. My body start to disappear and become invincible little by little. Time's ticking and when it stop ticking it's finally time. To go.
I can't watch over you till the end it seems. What a shame. I wish I can at least watch you being born, grown up , starting your own family and maybe one day when you passed away we'll meet here again.
I had fun even talking with nothing but emotionless soul. Watching him looking through other people live. It was fun. Before in my past life it had been nothing but a problem. But this simplicity way of life, it's not bad. Yeah... not bad.
It's time.
Said the gatekeeper.
I see... My life was saved by this little soul. Before crossing the path I hug the him. Take care, I said with a tear on my eyes wetting my cheek. Thank you. Take care, my dear child.