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RAINI POV

Maybe, it would have been perfect if I slept all through the night but then the moment I had dreaded crept up on me when I woke up mid-way.

I couldn't tell the time but I knew dusk was still a bit far away.

The night was one of the longest and coldest since the years I'd walked the four corners of life.

From the hooting of owls to the sound of the night birds.

From howls to the sound of wild beasts, it was easy to say the night was terrible.

Dawn seemed so far away, as we lay on the bed of twigs and brown earth.

It took my mind back to the past, back to the moment when I had always wanted to camp out.

Despite being observant as a child and wanting to analyze and explore the world I doubted If I could have dealt with it.

Deep in me was still that little girl that had always wanted that identity in life, I had thought I would find it as I got older but here I was after this whole time.

I still found myself as a little girl standing in front of life, and staring at a reflection