Bridge 3 Final

 

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In the cold blue water, something started to creep out of the surface. I leaned forward to take a closer look and rubbed my eyes as I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing. I stood still in shock as my whole body started to shiver. My heart started pounding so loudly that all I was able to hear was the loud sound of the “lub-dub”s of my heart. As the figure got closer and closer, I was able to recognize the familiar face of my sister, Harriet’s. Her face had turned so pale and her lips were so blue that it was almost hard to recognize her, and she looked as if she couldn’t feel any emotions. My heart ached from guilt as I saw how much she has been in pain submerged in the cold water alone for such a long time.

“Harriet, oh how much I’ve missed you. I am so glad you’re back,” I yelled in excitement as I wiped the tears that were running down my cheeks.

Despite my excitement, Harriet remained motionless and quiet.

“Harriet, are you not excited? Think about all the things we can now do together!” I expressed wishing Harriet would be as excited as me.

However, Harriet still remained still staring off in the air. Then, she started murmuring quietly. It sounded like she was repeating a word, but I couldn’t quite catch what she was saying exactly. Ignoring her, I reached out for her, grabbed her by her arms, and started shaking her.

“We have to first go tell mom and dad about this,” I said as I imagined how happy they would be to hear this news.

Harriet kept murmuring. This time, I tried to listen more carefully what she was trying to tell me. I leaned forward towards her. After a long while, I was able to catch what she was repeating. I threw my body back and let go of her arms. I stood still like a stone, unable to move or speak.

Meanwhile, Harriet got louder and louder each time she repeated the word. Suddenly, her eyes looked straight into mine and started yelling “Die! Die! Die!” over and over again. When I was able to finally gain back consciousness, Harriet grabbed my arms. I quickly threw her arms away, wishing what I had heard was wrong. Before I could even question for clarification, she started yelling at me.

“You should have been the one to die,” she cried out loud, “it was you who wanted to go in the first place. Why am I the one to die when you are still alive and happy and normal like this?”

My body started shaking. It felt as my whole body was devoured by guilt and fear, just knowing how she felt about her death. It was hard to see her straight into her eyes.

Before I even knew it, she grabbed my arms again. However, I didn’t have any power or the reason to resist it this time. She was right. It was clearly all my fault. If it hadn’t for me, it couldn’t have been just a perfect normal day. I am the one always causing trouble. I should have been the one to ead up dead, not Harriet. Harriet pulled me with great force as she started walking back towards the water.

“Come with me. I’ve been lonely and scared inside the water just by myself. Be my company,” she explained.

As my feet touched the coldness of the water, I couldn’t help but think how cold and lonely Harriet must have been. Harriet and I both slowly walked into the water, and our bodies began to become weaker as we were deeper into the water. When my head was just barely out of the water, I took one last big breath and looked at Harriet and smiled.

 

 

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