Her Light and My Darkness
However, I realized that if not for my clear, bright eyes, I might have left the world two years ago.
I guessed my death was the reason that my soul could finally drift away from the hospital room that had been my cage.
I followed my mother, my ghostly eyes wide as I watched her sort through the mess I had left behind.
My mother, who always took such pride in her looks and never seemed a day over 50, had aged a decade overnight, and her hair turned to silver.
Her shaky, frail silhouette made my heart feel like it was being crushed.
The day they closed my account with the world was bright and sunny. The harsh sun seemed to weigh heavily on my mother's hunched shoulders.
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