THE MIRROR
“Hello Mom, I am home. I am sorry Mom, I cannot accompany you tonight. I need to sleep right now.” “Just go to sleep, honey. I know you are tired now.” I was a mountain climber. This month, I climbed Mount Merapi with my friends. I started to climb when I was in Senior High School. Tired. Yes, that’s just what I felt right now. I heard my wall clock ticking. It showed 8 p.m., but I did not care. I needed to sleep right now. My cozy bedroom and my soft bed made me fast asleep. I needed a beautiful dream after the four days that I could not sleep. I tried to imagine a beautiful dream. I met a handsome man from the Javanese kingdom. I did not know his name. I just followed him. “Who are you? And… where is this place?”, I asked. No talking between us. He just smiled at me and I continued to walk through the rice field and into a forest. I did not feel strange with this place, I said to myself. I heard other sounds, sounds of a crowd in the middle of forest. ...