Seeing the darkness

in #freewrite6 years ago (edited)


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I've walked these dark streets a thousand times already. It is not until recently that I began fearing them. I remember the days of youth when we ran from side to side and laughed. The adrenaline was that of the game, not that of thinking that, any second, a thief may come out and wound us for our not-so-valuable valuables.

Years ago, the story that started it all was that a neighbour had been walking home when he was intercepted by thieves who wanted something of his. Nobody knows if it was because he fought back or because of any disagreement. He was found bleeding on the street and it took him months to recover. The source of the wound was what was called "un cachazo en la cabeza" (a strike with the bottom of a gun on his head).

I've never had to carry a light by myself. We can see the streets alright. The problem is that we don't see very far away because the streetlights are very far apart and very dim.

At first, we refused to accept that we could also be victims of crime. For some reason, we believed we were exempt or too lucky. Then we were mugged once, twice, three times, then four, and by the time we realised what was happening, we had nothing. A flashlight couldn't save us from an incoming car where three thieves come down wielding guns and screaming at the top of their lungs for us to get out of our car and leave our belongings inside.

It's these tales of terror that seemed so foreign to us until they happened. These facts awoke our ability to feel these stories when others tell them. Now we can feel an empathy that didn't exist there before. Now we can fear something new.

It's all about the new experiences, right?

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Could have been an interesting Halloween post but you are a week late :^)

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:3 I didn't do much Steeming on Halloween. It was a busy day.

Scared of something? :^)

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More like a day of fun :D (and cake and a movie)

but still is fear the enemy, the only enemy

And also death. Death kills you :(

"un cachazo en la cabeza" ? venezolano venezolanisimo jajaja...

Sí :P Así lo dijeron, ¿qué puedo hacer? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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This might be a bit extreme but where I come from we hear sighting of ghosts and such.

My family always had this “it’s not real approach”, but whether they exist or not I’ve always had caution and rightly so. Because we live in a world where anything is possible, just because it doesn’t happened to me it doesn’t mean it’s not real.

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If I see a ghost, I'll just assume that I'm imagining things. There is scientific evidence of all kinds of hallucinations, but not of ghosts. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I rather don't experience this... I feel I have enough empathy.

:P I think some experiences are better not had.