When Fate Dictates
“ There were people up ahead. I could see them as faint shadows against the stark white blanket of the snow. As they drew closer I realized, that like me, they were only half-dressed, and they were fleeing from Glencoe. Unlike me, they were weak, stumbling in the thick drifts of snow, wrestling against the storm, half-starved and frozen.
I approached them with the caution of one who believed themselves a spirit in the Earthly World. They noticed me but did not flinch, scream or cry out in hyste...rical fear at my presence. They greeted me as their friend, as their neighbor, as they had always welcomed me. Only their voices were flat, exhausted and lifeless as if it were they that were dead. The elderly woman, Marta, a close friend of my grandmother who had known me all my life, reached out to embrace me. My heart was black with anger at the men of Campbell. Marta’s sunken, wet eyes met mine and I knew that her heart was as bitter as mine. I extended my hands toward her offered embrace and whispered in her good ear, “Take my hand, Marta, you can share my warmth.”MoreLess
I approached them with the caution of one who believed themselves a spirit in the Earthly World. They noticed me but did not flinch, scream or cry out in hyste...rical fear at my presence. They greeted me as their friend, as their neighbor, as they had always welcomed me. Only their voices were flat, exhausted and lifeless as if it were they that were dead. The elderly woman, Marta, a close friend of my grandmother who had known me all my life, reached out to embrace me. My heart was black with anger at the men of Campbell. Marta’s sunken, wet eyes met mine and I knew that her heart was as bitter as mine. I extended my hands toward her offered embrace and whispered in her good ear, “Take my hand, Marta, you can share my warmth.”MoreLess
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