FIRE
Today I saw my mother cry. As tears rolled down her cheek and as she wept with so much pain inside her, I couldn't even look at her without wailing. But I neither blinked nor turned away, not even once. My heart shattered into a million pieces and it felt like it would never mend back again. As she sobbed with pain in her eyes a burning fire burned in me. I could feel it. It sometimes burnt up till my throat which almost choked me. The throbbing realization hit me that no one, not even a single soul mattered to me more than her. Suddenly all made sense now, as if by magic. At this point, in my mind, I had the ability to vividly prioritize. It was as though someone tried to mumble something to me, it came from far, FAR back of my head, yet it felt rather close to me. The voice tried to tell me something. Something powerful and insightful. It made...