Two Worlds Apart

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

It's so dark in here. How did I end up here? Just yesterday, I was holding my Emery, and that was my safe place. All I see around me are other people who seem lost and gloomy, as if they haven't fulfilled their destiny. They all have their heads down, and it's been like this for thousands of years. Across the room, I can see my Emery and my Manuel, but I can't reach them. It's like watching them through a TV screen. Where have I gone? I need to get to them fast so I can let them know I'm okay. My memory is blank, and the last thing I remember was being in the hospital, hugging my Emery. But this is not the hospital.

I don't know what kind of world this is, but it doesn't feel like home. I need to contact Emery before it's too late and she realizes that I'm gone forever. I'm searching for answers to understand what world I'm in. I hope someone can provide me with some answers at least. I'm stuck in a place between life and death, where lost souls go after they have fulfilled their time on earth. This is the ghost world, where I can watch my loved ones move on with their lives through a large TV screen. I can hear and see them, but they can't see me.

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It has been months since I arrived in this ghostly world. Recently, I discovered a mailbox which I can use to communicate with Emery. However, I am unsure if she will understand what I have to say, given that she is still very young. As I looked back at the television screen, I noticed that Emery has grown to be 6 years old. It dawned on me that although it felt like yesterday since I left her, time moves much slower in this world than in the real world. Hence, while it has only been a few months for me, years have passed in the real world. Now that she is old enough, it was my time to try and send her a letter.

I spent days trying to figure out what I really wanted to say. My days were months in the real world, and I finally figured out what I wanted to say to her:

"My dearest Emery,

I know it has been years since you think I left you, but I had no choice. I was very sick and not well. I hope life has been good for you, and Angela has been taking care of you. If you only knew I didn't leave you because I wanted to, please understand that. I don't know what world this is, but I call it the ghost world. I am able to reach out to and see you grow up, but you can't see me. Please find a way to come to where I am, so I can see you in person and let you know I am okay. My dearest daughter, I'm sorry I left you, and I will always be here no matter what. I love you, and hopefully soon, I will be able to pop into your world."

And just like that, I put the letter in the mailbox, and I had no way of knowing if it had made it to the human world or not. On my screen, I could see Emery reaching into the mailbox, hoping that the letter had reached her, and that she could help me get out of this place and onto the road to peace. Because whatever this is, it is not peace, but rather an in-between state.