This reflective silence and peace remained within me for a while, as I sat there, reminiscing about my life, awaiting my breath to leave my body. The sound ‘Is someone there’ broke the silence. I was overjoyed at the existence of another voice like me. I thought it was another person, which then I figured out it was Richard Parker. I made a shocking discovery that this seemingly well trained tiger who has been raised in the zoo since it was cub shared one same trait as the murderous cook, he killed a man and a women once in his life. How could he? I was so proud to explain why I am human, and he, was animal, simply because of what he has done. My live in me disappeared again... until when I heard ‘only an echo, I fear’. My silence, my wish to die, my loneliness… All was broken. My spark to live just suddenly reignited again, and I immediately wondered who the voice’s owner is. Discovering the voice owner, and that was you. My brother, my only true company on my long voyage whom determines my survival. We had good talks about food, my friend, your voice was truly a branch floating in the water which I held on to in order to stay
This reflective silence and peace remained within me for a while, as I sat there, reminiscing about my life, awaiting my breath to leave my body. The sound ‘Is someone there’ broke the silence. I was overjoyed at the existence of another voice like me. I thought it was another person, which then I figured out it was Richard Parker. I made a shocking discovery that this seemingly well trained tiger who has been raised in the zoo since it was cub shared one same trait as the murderous cook, he killed a man and a women once in his life. How could he? I was so proud to explain why I am human, and he, was animal, simply because of what he has done. My live in me disappeared again... until when I heard ‘only an echo, I fear’. My silence, my wish to die, my loneliness… All was broken. My spark to live just suddenly reignited again, and I immediately wondered who the voice’s owner is. Discovering the voice owner, and that was you. My brother, my only true company on my long voyage whom determines my survival. We had good talks about food, my friend, your voice was truly a branch floating in the water which I held on to in order to stay