Pandora Box

She's an Angel of Scent. Like in a Greek Mythology, She's descend from the Mount Olympia  with the scents from the Heaven to spread it all around the world.



  The day that I met her was a simple day. It was on a  one quiet midnight of a chill December, she was dancing in the middle of  the flowers , simply spreading the scents of the pleasure under the moon light as she walked through them. My heart was captivated by her movement. Without saying a word, we fall in love with each other.

              "I'm playing a dangerous game here", she said.
     
               I asked, " Why?"

               "Loving a mortal is a huge crime for us.  The Lord will punish me if he find out about this"

    I hold her tight in my arms, not saying a world. I just want to  console her worries but also to push away my fear of losing her. The young madam came out from the cloud of shadows,dancing around the sky while the sound of breeze make a wonderful music to rhythm with her dance. The night is embraced by the charm of moon dance while the romance has born between our lips.
           
    The sensation of her breath on my neck just blow my soul out of my body. Only then , I realize I'm too scared to let go of her . As the night goes on, we become one with each other. The young madam went behind the clouds as she was embarrassed by the  view of two lovers. The Night get tired and the Wind go back to sleep. Everything become silent again. There is no sound except the harmony of our heart beats.

     The day has come, not too sudden nor expected. Finally,It's time for us to say good bye. Zeus  has ordered her to go somewhere far far away as a punishment for our love.
         
     Even thought I knew that this day is inevitable, I'm still caught in my illusion that I will always be her side. The bitterness of the truth just push away the sweetness of my love as the day has come to take her away from me. The damage is unimaginable and the pain is unbearable. Words cannot escaped from my mouth as it was swap away by the tears from my heart. Sympathizing with the sadness of my heart, I shed a tear inside my chest as my dream and hope were shred into pieces. Strangely enough, no sounds were made.

           The darkness is like the deadliest poison from a cobra. My heart just die from a drop of it. It was just a normal day for everyone. Without anybody knowing it, my heart went rest in peace.. The world still seems fine without the rhythm from my heart beat.No sign left except the two fang holes from the darkness.
       
        "I will leave this box with you as my parting gift.
          Inside the box , I stored the most wonderful scent from the Heaven
          that doesn't not even exist on  the world yet.
          Be careful, the moment you open it  you will lose it forever. "
   
     Those are the last words that she said to me. Tears steam down on my cheek while I'm holding tight the beautiful box that she left it with me. This is the only piece of evident that is left to prove that she was in my past. There's was a moment of love in my past as there's the  best scent of the world inside the piece.

     Time flies by. Hours eat minutes as Days eat night. It's been over 20 years that I have been away from her. I didn't think I will survive. For some reason, I made it somehow. I still have the mystery box reamin closed. There were so many times that I put the key into the lock but the thought of losing it forever , take away the strength from my hand.
           "No, I don't want to lose that".
            I'm too scared to lose it. So I kept it close and buried it at the corner of my heart.
       
   The thoughts were driving me crazy and  finally the urge made me do something unthinkable. I went to the Olympia to see the Zeus. I dropped the box in front of him. Zeus looked me as he saw some pitiful creature.He said " Son, What do you need?"

          There's only one sentence , one question came from me. "Should I open the box?"

           Without looking at my eyes, he stared at the right side of my chest. Then he gave me the answer.
 
          " You just fail your life, My Son. You should at least be honest and faithful to your feelings.
             If the thought of losing pull you from moving forward then you are not worth to be a human.
             As a matter of fact, you just became the deficit product of the Nature.
             Life is build on small moment. Each of those moment is precious.
             All the amazing things happend in that moment. But they are all disappear in that moment too.
             After that it's gone That's what make it the important.
             You have to let go of something precious to get something priceless.
             What you should do is be yourself in those time."

   I turned myself away and start walking towards the door while these words follow with me through my way back.

       " You became nobody in these 20 years because you are afraid of not becoming somebody.
          You just lose your life because you are scared of losing and that stop you from trying.
          So in the end , you lose by default"

   With the final decision and without thinking it again, I put the key in the lock and open it. It's not as difficult as I thought It will be. The box made the sound and as I open the lid , I just smell the most wonderful scent of the world. In that moment, I can feel her love and the happiness of my past again. It's just a split second before the scent start fading way. Finally, it's gone. Nothing left except the future of my life.

           Life become meaningful during that moment.Precious. But now it's gone. So what?


          After all, I'm just a foolish human who just locked himself in a box for the whole 20 years of his    life.