Tanu Kulshrestha

IN THE DARK

When my eyes open, I feel in the dark I am still in the water floating on by back. I am just feeling tired even to open my eyes, feeling thirsty. A big wave knocks me down again. I want to scream, but I feel no strength. Several thoughts coming in my mind like will anyone come to save me and before that I thought what happen with my colleges and my friends, are they alive. We were almost 250 people on the ship when hurricane hit. I don’t know from how long I am here in water in this sea. It is too cloudy to judge what time is it. It’s too dark. I am feeling so weak to swim. I don’t think I for more time I will live alive. I am surrounded with so many thoughts. Before boarding on this ship, I got the best news of my life that I am going to be a father. For this I was waiting from 8 years. And now I m here in the middle of the sea and maybe I could never see my baby. Oh god please help me. I love my wife so much and I don’t know weather she knows about this situation or not. I wish I could see them one last time.