• I pulled my hood tighter around my face to block the cold, biting wind. The torn cloths swayed in the breeze. I had walked the cold dark streets of the small city. All I had was the clothes on my back. I had wandered the streets for days. I hadn't felt the warmth of a bed or the comfort of a home in what seemed like forever. All I could do was walk and walk.

    Suddenly I noticed a dark figure in the distance. I moved closer with fear but a eagerness to see someone. I moved closer still seeing more detail of the figure. He or she had a hood and a long warm looking cloak.

    "Hi." I said in a soft quiet voice. The figure turned to me but I could still not see if it was a male or female.

    We stood in silence for a moment then it said," Hello." She said in a high pitched but sweet, quiet voice, in response. She turned away from me looking in the same direction as before.

    "What are you looking at?" I said again looking in the same direction. I waited but the woman never responded. I looked harder in hopes of looking at what she was looking at. Then in the far distance I saw a single light of a candle. It was coming closer with each second.

    "What is that?" I asked again quietly. Then in that instant I turned to look at her but she was gone. Nowhere in sight. I turned to look at the light but it was also gone.

    Was the whole thing an illusion? A figment of my imagination? Finding no answer I continued on my endless journey to walk forever in the darkness of night.