“I don’t think I know this place.” I whispered to myself. In my mind I believed I have fallen asleep in the middle of the night while working in my home office. It’s weird because this place is neither dark nor lighted. I can see the things around it but it is not clear what they are. I tried to walk closer to the those things but no matter how fast I walked or no matter how many big steps that I have taken, still I am nowhere near them.
Now I am really frustrated at the same time also scared. I don’t know what’s going on. “Maybe I am dreaming in my sleep.” again I whispered. I tried to close my eyes and open it again and again hoping I am indeed dreaming. Nothing have changed. I am still in the same damn place.
I began shouting to ask for help but my words seem garbled. My mind is clear on what words I am shouting out all throughout. “Anyone there?”, “Please help me. Someone out there?”, “Help me. Please. Anyone?”. These are the words that come out from my mind but for some reasons not from my mouth.
The sounds from my mouth are nothing but audible noise. I myself could not understand the words I am uttering. I know my words but it is just noise when I heard myself shouting.
The place is eerie quiet. Not a single sound from anything. Only my voice and the echo it generated when I shouted.
There are no mountains or valleys. No trees or grasses. No butterflies or birds. No lakes or rivers. No dogs or horses. No houses or buildings. No roads or cars. No bridges or monuments. Not a single man made structures. Yet my eyes can see there are things around me but could not describe what it is.
I could not find the sun or the moon as I looked up in the sky. I don’t see any stars either. “Where the hell am I?” I said to myself. I can see all sides around me but I don’t know which side is the east, west, north or south.
Now I can smell something but I also cannot describe what it is. The scent is not bad but it is not good either. What could it be? There are no flowers or food around me.
However, what bothers me or makes me more irritated now is that there is no one in sight. Not a single human being around. Nobody as in no body is around for me to ask and talk to. It’s like a deserted place.
My thoughts still keep on telling me that this is a dream, a nightmare of sort. Sooner or later I will wake up from this nonsense. I tried to look at my watch to see what time is it. I was shocked and petrified to see both of my hands and arms are invisible. I can feel my hands touching my wrist to check where my watch is but I can’t see it.
Scared to death, I shouted “No…No…No…No…This is not…This is not possible…This is not happening…This is not happening to me…Where am I?…No…No…No…No.”
I could not see my body and legs too. It’s like I am a invisible man. “Where the hell am I?” again I said to myself. No people. No animals. No plants. No sun. No moon. No stars. Nothing.
I calmly said to myself “I need to close my eyes and get to sleep fast. Maybe when I open my eyes later, everything will be back to normal. People. Animals. Plants. Sun. Moon. Stars.”
Slowly I close my eyes in the hope that I will doze off eventually. I am still scared and confused but now I am thinking that this ordeal will be over soon once I wake up from this strange dream.
Seconds feel like minutes. And minutes feel like hours. I can sense that I am getting tired and sleepy. I kept my eyes shut the whole time. Never dared to open it. I don’t want to see this same weird place again.
“Why is it I feel sleepy but still cannot sleep after all this time even if I am tired? Hmmmmm. Never mind. I will still not open my eyes no matter what. I wanna out of this place as soon as possible.” I said to myself.
Within a few minutes after that I can sense someone or something is touching my shoulder. I could hear sounds in my ears. It’s like someone is talking to me or telling me “Open your eyes now.”
Of course, I don’t want to open my eyes. I am still scared. I know I have not fallen asleep therefore I am still in this same unknown place. I am desperate to go back home. To where I am before this.
