The Forest
The Forest It was what I thought was a normal day in October of 1999. I woke up feeling this emptiness inside of me, my mind was blank and I did not feel like myself. I felt like I needed to spend my day alone, so I made the decision to grab my keys off the counter and leave to see where the world takes me. I was driving aimlessly and I came upon a parking lot which seemed to have trails that lead into the forest. I parked my car and I chose to walk through it to see where it led to. As I start to get deeper and deeper into the forest, I look at my surroundings and see absolutely nothing. The creaking of the tree branches surrounding me, the leaves falling onto the dirt path, and the few birds that were chirping, were the only sounds that I could hear. It felt empty. There was absolutely no one back here except for me, the eerie feeling being in this forest alone it left me confused with my emotion. I did not know if I was content with it, or a little skeeved out. ...