Sunday, August 8, 2010

disappointed ........

TODAY I HAD WROTE A WRITING ABOUT A DESOLATE PLACE;IT JUST A STORY

IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE WHEN I AWOKE AND I SAW THE CAR KEYS ON THE TABLE.I WAS WONDER WHY BOTH OF MY FAMILY'S CAR WASN'T OUTSIDE MY HOUSE ."DAD!MUM!''I SHOUTED , THERE WAS NO ONE ANSWERED ME THEN I PUSHED OPEN THE DOOR ,AND THERE WAS EMPTY IN .......

ALL AT ONCE, I HEARD A CRY FROM THE WILDERNESS THAT SURROUNDED ME; A CRY THAT BROKE THROUGH THE STILLNESS OF THE NIGHT. IN SPITE OF MY TIRED LIMBS, I PANICKED AND STARTED RUNNING TOWARDS THE ROAD AHEAD OF ME . I DID NOT STOP UNTIL I REACHED THE OPED ROAD WHERE I COLLAPSED WITH EXHAUSTION .MY VISION WAS BLURRED, MY THROAT WAS HOARSE AND DRY WHILE MY CLOTHES WERE TORN AND TATTERED

IT WAS THEN THAT I SPOTTED AN ISOLATED HOUSE ABOUT A HUNDRED METRES AWAY.WITH MY LAST OUNCE OF ENERGY, I CRAWLED MY WAY TOWARDS MY ONLY HOPE OF CIVILISATION . PUSHING OPEN THE GATE , I MADE MY WAY TO THE HOUSE. I CALLED OUT BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER. THE DOOR SLOWLY SWUNG OPEN WITH A LOUD CREAK AND I REALISED THAT MY HOPES WOULD NEVER MATERIALISE AS THE HOUSE WAS DESERTED .I SANK TO THE DUSTY GROUND ,CRYING IN SHEER DESPERATION .IT WAS ONLY WHEN I CALMED MYSELF THAT I HEARD THE SOUND OF TRICKLING WATER. I ALMOST JUMPED FOR JOY WHEN I DISCOVERED ITS SOURCE. AS I GULPED THE WATER, HALF CHOKING , I FELT MY STRENGTH SLOWLY RETURNING .ONLY THEN DID I REALLY LOOK AROUND MY SURROUNDINGS. I WAS IN A KITCHEN WHICH WAS COVERED WITH DUST AT LEAST AN INCH THICK . I FOUND THE REST OF THE HOUSE IN EXACTLY THE SAME STATE:DILAPIDATED AND IN RUINS .

THIS MYSTERIOUS HOUSE AROUSED MY CURIOSITY AND SO I DECIDED TO EXPLORE ITS PREMISES. THERE WERE COBWEBS EVERYWHERE, THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN UP AND THE PAINT ON THE WALLS HAD PEELED OFF .A STAIRWAY ON MY RIGHT CAUGHT MY EYE AND I GINGERLY MADE MY WAY UP THE STAIRCASE, WONDERING IF IT COULD HOLD MY WEIGHT .

THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE LANDING ABOVE WAS UNWELCOMINGLY COLD AND STILL. I PUSHED OPEN THE DOOR NEAREST TO ME . IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BEDROOM . THE SHEETS AND WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE CURTAINS WERE ALL EATEN BY MOTHS.

THE NEXT ROOM WAS DEVOID OF ANY FURNITURE. IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM , HOWEVER, THERE WAS A STRANGE WINDING STAIRWAY WHICH , I DISCOVERED, LED TO THE BASEMENT.IT WAS EVEN COLDER THERE AND THE SOUND OF SILENCE ENVELOPED ME .I COULD NOT SEE AS IT WAS ALMOST PITCH DARK IN THE BASEMENT AND THE PUNGENT STENCH OF AGE PROVED TOO OVERWHELMING FOR ME TO VENTURE ANY FURTHER .

HURRIEDLY , I MADE MY WAY UP AND OUT OF THE GLOOMY AND EERIE HOUSE. THE GARDEN WAS NEGLECTED AND COVERED WITH OVERGROWN WEEDS. 

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