Cuento: Find Me

You know, I always try to follow you, to always be by your side even if you run away from me, I can’t help it, I’m tied to you, and it’s a bond that will never break. Even if I try to run when you’re angry or when I try to get help when you’re hurt I can’t leave your side, it’s impossible. I’m connected to you with an invisible thread. I was there when you were born, and I’m still here now, and always will be till the end. I have no body but I mirror yours, following your every movement, and thought. You can see me but you never realize I’m there, you just to wonder what I was, and you were sometimes chasing after me, when you were little, but now you have forgotten about me, and every day I feel even lonelier. I try to grab your attention, every moment, especially next to the brightest light, but I can’t, why can’t you see? I just want you to acknowledge my existence, I just need to know that you see me, I feel as if I’m fading everyday even more, and I can’t escape you. I know your fears, your dreams, your memories, I know everything about you, but do you know anything about me? Like how I’m trapped in your presence, for a lifetime. Would you think this as a punishment for me? ´Cause I’m starting to think it really is. I’m banned from expressing my emotions, my thoughts, my beliefs, so maybe you’ll never hear this from me, but can you just set me free? That is my only wish, honestly. But even now I’m starting to think that you need me to exist, that you can’t live without me. Is that true at all? Please just say something to me… please. If you ever look for me you will see me upon the light that shines upon you, I will be there, always. Even in the dark I might disappear, but I’ll stay, anyways. I’m by your side, I’m your friend, and I truly care for you above all things. So look at your little shadow, and you will finally find me.

Estephy Larsen