The world seemed so big and somehow, so small. I felt confined. Trapped. I yearned for more than leaves and dew drops. I crawled. I ate. I rested. It felt like an endless cycle with no reason. Maybe this is where that age-old question originated from. “What is the meaning of life?” I wondered this and asked myself this question many times, in not-so-many words.
I continued to crawl, eat, and rest. Life went on. Until one day, when the morning dew drops covered every surface I knew, and the leaves I enjoyed the most were the greenest shade of green, I felt an overpowering urge. I am not sure what caused it or how the next events took place, but it felt like the moment I had been waiting for my entire existence was closing in.
Without knowing exactly what this urge was having me do, I followed its commands like a soldier taking orders. Somehow it felt right... and a little bit familiar.
I spun my silk. The silk stored from all of my leafy feasting. Finally it all started to make sense. Life was revealing her secrets to me. I thought to myself as I spun my silk around my wriggling green grubby body; “Everything happens for a reason.”
Engulfed in my silk cocoon, I rested for what felt like millenia.
I slowly awoke as I felt the now foreign warmth of the sun through the barrier between myself and the outside world of which I had always felt like I didn’t belong in. But today... Today was no ordinary day. The warmth of the sun felt like a sign. I felt ready to face the world. I felt powerful. I felt new.
I punctured my silky prison and was met with radiant sunlight. Beams of life peeking into a tiny window of what had been my home. I knew it was time. Time for my life to truly begin. ...To Be Continued. By Devin Gaughan
I continued to crawl, eat, and rest. Life went on. Until one day, when the morning dew drops covered every surface I knew, and the leaves I enjoyed the most were the greenest shade of green, I felt an overpowering urge. I am not sure what caused it or how the next events took place, but it felt like the moment I had been waiting for my entire existence was closing in.
Without knowing exactly what this urge was having me do, I followed its commands like a soldier taking orders. Somehow it felt right... and a little bit familiar.
I spun my silk. The silk stored from all of my leafy feasting. Finally it all started to make sense. Life was revealing her secrets to me. I thought to myself as I spun my silk around my wriggling green grubby body; “Everything happens for a reason.”
Engulfed in my silk cocoon, I rested for what felt like millenia.
I slowly awoke as I felt the now foreign warmth of the sun through the barrier between myself and the outside world of which I had always felt like I didn’t belong in. But today... Today was no ordinary day. The warmth of the sun felt like a sign. I felt ready to face the world. I felt powerful. I felt new.
I punctured my silky prison and was met with radiant sunlight. Beams of life peeking into a tiny window of what had been my home. I knew it was time. Time for my life to truly begin. ...To Be Continued. By Devin Gaughan
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