I wasn’t supposed to be locked in this cave. I made a mistake. I trusted the wrong person. A person that just wanted to trap me. A person that only wanted the power hiding away inside of me for themselves. They knew they would be praised, rewarded, even worshiped if they have the power of my heart. I didn’t realize what I was doing when the entrance of the cave crashed in. I was so angry. He didn’t die when I crashed the wall. The large stones only broke his legs. It didn’t take long for his human form to parish, but not me. I’m not human. That is why they want me, but they would never have me. I would stay in the darkness. At first I could feel the time moving past like I could hear the sun saying goodnight and good morning each day. But eventually that faded too. The human had withered away and I was left in the dark silence.

Until today…

Today I will take the first step out. It wasn’t hard to move the rocks out of the way. What is large to most is as light as a feather to me. The first ray of sunlight burned my eyes from its brightness. I couldn’t look at it. I closed my eyes, turned my head, but my body kept going. I kept going. The more rocks I moved the less the silence screamed at me. My hands felt the warmth of its touch. When the sun sang to me, the silence scurried to the back of the cave. I moved another rock feeling warmth travel along every part of my skin. It was welcoming. Like the call to home I have ignored for so long. My heart ached for its embrace. Tears fell down my cheeks trying to avoid the burn. The sun scolded me for my absence. It missed me as much as I did it. I wrapped my arms around myself, slowly letting my eyes open. My body wanted to crawl back into the cave, to hide from the pain and regret, not having to face my shame. I was fooled and ran away from the only family I have every known. It’s heat gave me birth when the shell had cracked from the warmth and I came into the world. My heart wanted to go back and I couldn’t deny it any more.

I was going back home.