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Weekly Contest #340
For years, I was merely an observer of my own existence, that boy sitting on the shore, letting the waves wet his feet without ever wondering where they came from. The world was vast, colorful, and casual. I minded my own business while life carried me like a current carries a leaf, without resistance or a plan, in that innocent belief that the world was a safe playground where the sun never sets. Children’s eyes have the power to turn an ordinary stone into a mountain and a puddle into an ocean, but they lack the power to see what hides beh...
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