Sometimes I feel the emptiness encroaching. Its as if someone turned off the sound and placed me in absolute isolation to the events that around me. I can see lips moving and yet there is only a slight hum that is in the air. The air tastes dry and there is no wind. I freeze for a moment and wonder how did I get here. I backtrack my steps and think about what happened in the last five minutes, I draw a blank.

There is a bluish tinge in the skies today, haven’t seen a cloudless sky in ages. I keep staring at the sky. Someone touches me, I turn towards them. I lip read their words, they want to know if I am ok. Now someone else is staring at me, the face seems similar but I don’t know who they are. I nod, seems like the right thing to do. They continue staring, so I smile. They smile back and continue doing whatever they were doing.

The sound of the ocean fills my ears. I wonder what its like to be in the water, free from all the madness. The waves are all I hear… Another recognizable face approaches and sits next to me. She looks at me differently than the others. There is a certain warmth in her eyes when she looks at me, she stares into the ocean as if searching for something. She says “Find what you are looking for?” I smile and reply “yes”.