Something happenned to him tonight.
Something strange, something beautiful, something wonderful. He is left in awe
of his experience that he himself does not even understand. He ventured out into
the night, as he has many times before, but what started out for him as just another
night seems to have become much, much more. The sounds, the breaths. What he felt
is, in his own words, amazing. He was drifting, slowly away, little by little
he left this world, he went somewhere, but where? Was it a place in his own mind,
or was it somewhere out there, beyond the reach of everything. Although it lasted
for only a moment, it was a moment of almost total peace, more than he has ever
known. Where was it? Inside, or out? If only he knew, it is the place he wants
to be, the place he needs to be, the place he must be, the place where he can
live again. Was it outside, did his soul reach out beyond for a split second,
did his soul touch the freedom he has longed for? Was it eternity? Was he there,
if only for a moment, was he free? Uncontrollably, he smiled, then laughed aloud.
The answer may have been just within his reach for that miniscule speck of time,
but that time has indeed passed. He must find this place again, he must search,
within and beyond. He needs to be there, he cannot live anywhere else. Somehow,
he will get there, anyway it takes. He WILL GET THERE. And when he does,
THERE, IN THAT PLACE, HE WILL STAY, FOR ALL ETERNITY. Nowhere
else will he find peace.