The cars speed by. The constant rush of wind blowing in the window with each passing. Airplanes overhead, sirens in the background. It’s too much. Stopping at a store I hear it all, the fast-paced yuppies engaged in their self-absorbed lives. They can’t be separated. The conversation bleeds through. Drones are what they’ve become. They wear the same clothes, they speak in the same voice.. It’s chaos and i’m looking for an out. They come closer, their monotone voices echoing in my head. I can’t think…can’t run. I close my eyes and reject it all.

Naked and without shame I find myself in another world. A world that transcends time, footsteps line the dirt trail, remnants of journeys generations past. Hearing another whisper, a second soul is present. One that has been with me through all my travels and has taken many forms. It’s impossible to place where or how, but a familiarity is there as I look around. Shadows fill the land forcing me to draw on past lives to find the way.

Buildings line both sides of the road created with a design unknown yet familiar. As I look on the building, sun shines from the sky illuminating each one. Caressing the side of the nearest building my skin dissolves into the fabric and i’m transported once more. A faint mist cools me down, a gentle calm fills my soul looking over the rolling hills and greenery.. I’ve been here before. My house is a few kilometers away, the same soul is with me.. Standing up, my boots sticking to the mud…

I’m back. Lowering my hands in shock, What is this? The voice echoes my head, “Before the world existed. I knew you, and through these buildings you will relive our travels. This path you are on never ends.”

Shaking my head I try the same thing with next building, it’s another past life.. Walking down the past touching each one I realize that there’s an element from the very first flashback in every building. Either I learn something new, or something old has new meaning and I can realize it.

I start running down the road, forcing the sun to shine as I stare at each structure, not realizing it’s getting too bright. The voice whispers in my ear telling me to slow down. I know where I’ve been, I want to see where I wind up. Passing building after building I run.. Sweat pours from my brow, my legs are shaking, I can’t run anymore. There’s a new design. I sigh in relief and enter it only to find I don’t know where I am. I’m somewhere I’m not supposed to be yet and this world seems to know. Flying out of the building I hit the road, a violent surge of energy pushes me out and paralyzes me. I’m unable to move. The world is dark but the voice within my soul takes shape and speaks.

“Why didn’t you listen?” the apparition shakes its head
“I just wanted to know”
“You WILL know, in TIME”

The apparition fades leaving me floating adrift, engulfed by the darkness with only my thoughts to keep me company I realize… By not living in the present, I didn’t know my future. I hear the voice… “Now you understand..”

My body starts to tingle, I can slowly move. I look around and sight returns, I can faintly see buildings covered in shadows on the horizon, there is a door in front of me encased in light. Looking up the door in front becomes illuminated. I don’t move. I’m paralyzed with fear. I fight my fear walk through the door. My body slowly dissolves into energy. I feel the tendrils of the past and see the shadows in my future. I’m exactly where i’m supposed to be…

I find myself back in the supermarket, the drones are still surrounding me but there’s a clear path I never saw before. Walking straight through them I step outside…