Sage Endeavors: A Collection of Short Stories

Something In Nothing

Something In Nothing

“I can’t see,” I said as I constantly blinked in an effort to see if I would regain my sight. “I can’t see anything!”

For the first few days, I had continuously cried after my failed surgery as I lay on what felt like a bed. Surrounded by pitch black, a night so dark that one with sight could not even begin to imagine the emptiness, all I could do was retreat into my thoughts.

Slowly, After what seemed an eternity of being lost, laying on a bed crying while not knowing even the time of day, I decided to embrace the dark; leading everything behind.

I hated the world. The only thing that rang through my body and mind was hate, anger and the pain that seemed to hurt so much. But what was the point of it all? Slowly, my anger transitioned into sadness; the thought of not being able to see the smiles of my loved ones, my dog running through the park and the first blanket of snow during the winter all filled my mind at once like a movie.

Before I could continue to list sights I would never witness again within my mind, I came to a realization so powerful, it felt like bees had stung me all over my body. As a calm breeze flowed through the window, swimming down my body while slightly lifting the small hairs that covered my arms on its adventure, a quote I once heard descended upon me.

“True beauty is not within the eyes of the beholder, but the senses that allow us to communicate with the miracles around us,”; a funny thought considering that although I was surrounded by darkness, I finally felt like I had reached the light.