Trip

I was dragging myself to small paths, leading to dead ends that could be seen straight away. I thought I was walking in the right direction and forced to do a U-turn that cost me time and energy, like the one in Berlin, followed by my two good Iberian friends. Occasionally I was dragged and carried by some others. They were like a supermarket trolley and I was inside it. I got off the trolley. I stood. I slowly walked a street for hours till I met a bigger street with lots of cars. I met many people there and convinced them to come with me. We turned left and walked on the pavement of this street. I was observing the cars that were stuck in traffic, all going to the entrance of the highway, that could be seen. We reached that highway and I felt uneasy. There was only a narrow pavement there and the cars were like speeding bullets. You could feel the forced air from the side of the cars, hitting you like a bomb blast. Some people stopped and walked back. Some kept going with me in a single line, like ants carrying food to their holes. I was looking back to make sure that everyone's still following. I lost a few in the way. We found the first exit to the big city. Most people said they'll go there and waved goodbye. The rest kept going. Another exit, less people. And another exit. And another one. Only me and another brave person left walking. And in this exit, we were hugged and kissed and then got in a taxi, looking at me from the rear window. I was looking back till I couldn't see any face and then I couldn't read the white number plate and then I could only see a yellow dot that disappeared. I kept walking. I found many more exits. The destinations looked promising. I kept going. Listening to the sound of the roaring cars. Felt like home in London. Twenty four hours of the same sound outside my window. On my right, I saw these green fields, beautiful slops filled with poppies, lines of chestnut trees, crows and ducks and geese and creeks and small wooden houses and cows and horses. I jumped above the concrete wall when I met another human. We talked and talked. Felt good there. We walked up a hill and from the top, we saw the ocean. This beautiful neverending blue. We walked next to the white cliff till we reached the sea level. The serenity of the waves at last. I'm here now. I lost a lot. I learned a lot. I'm discovering a lot. We read on how to built a boat. I'm wondering which will be the next destination when I only see the line of the horizon.