Interrogation

I started 2018 with

"THE INTERROGATION"

ENJOY!

water splashes on my body and face
I awake to a huge figure walking away.
The room is dark. My body aches. I look up as the light flickers...the smell here makes me shiver. My hands are cuffed in chains...I'm in pains.

(The figure sits. Obviously he's male)

Voice: I'll only ask you these questions once, and you are to answer truthfully. Am I clear?

I have a deep voice, but this one is deeper. Every sounds makes me quiver. I shake. I look up as I tried to make out the face. But the room is dark.

Voice: (shouting) am I clear???

Me: yes sir, yes sir.

Voice: on the 26th of may 2017, where were you?

Me: mehn, that's a long time I don't remember.

Voice: stupid humans. That's the night you had a quarrel with your dad.

me: and you know this how? (I remember my situation)
Well, yes, I was home.., I had a quarrel with my dad because he was drunk. He shouldn't be drinking (trying to justify myself) he has diabetics already. Does he want to die?

Voice: and what was your advice to him?

Me: I asked him to quit it of course...I don't want him to die.

Voice: what happened on the 15th of July, 2015

Me: wait man, what are you doing? Playing with my head? How am I supposed to know? Was there a war or something?

he moves closer
I'm all tensed now... Huge body... Damn! How did I get into this mess?

Voice: your friend Matthew was diagnosed of gonorrhea... Does that spark something?

Me: shocked and tensed I remember now. What has that got to do with me?

Voice: what was your advice to him?

Me: I asked him to quit womanizing before he dies from it.., I was only trying to be the good friend that I am.

Voice: on the 25th of..

Me: shut up man. Not again. No dates. I don't remember.

He shuts up. We stay there in silence for some minutes. I feel a bit of strength as he retreats to his seat.
I look up and he's just staring.
This silence is deafening.

Me: did you say 25th? 25th of what?

Voice: December 2017.

Me: that's the day I had that freaking accident that almost claimed my life.

Voice: what was your advice to yourself?

Me: I told me I needed to be careful next time and ride slower.

Voice: what happened between 6: 30 am and 8:am on the 1st of January 2018

Me: well, I went on an errand to a neighboring town.

Voice: how fast did you drive?

Me: how does that matter?

Voice: (almost shouts) how fast did you drive?

Me: (tensed) 80km/h on a 100km/h bike...

I start to feel the pains again. Every thing starts coming back. Seems, whenever he raises his voice, I start to feel pain. I begin to work the maths. I should show him no fear.

Voice: what happened to the advice you gave to yourself?

Me: who the fuck are you and how do you even know all these?

I try to shake….he moved backwards a bit. That move, I could tell he was afraid...

Me: I asked you a question.

He flinches. I pause. Like what? I'm shocked! This big guy is moved by words.

I try to stand... And the chains fall off.. I walk, and these aches don't hurt. I move closer to this timid monster.
He cowers in fear to my disbelief.
I bend over to reach for his throat, so he could feel the heat.
I seize him by the wrist instead....

"Who are you?" My voice towered.

I was in charge now, and I wasn't gonna let this chance go down the pipeline.

He hit the switch and turned the light on..
Like a masquerade that just took it's mask off.
My mouth agape, like I just walked into a time bomb.
How come?
Its like I'm looking at a mirror.
I see myself.

Voice: (in fear) I'm sorry, I'm the one they talk about. You can call me your conscience. I'm supposed to be in charge, but most times when I say a word you shut me up.
Like when you were speeding, I tried to warn you. But you said "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger". You never thought maybe that's what your dad thought to himself, maybe that's why he kept drinking. You never thought that's what your friend thought to himself, maybe that's why he kept womanizing. You always want to change them, yet you don't change yourself. You keep doing the same thing over and over again. I'm sorry it had to get to this. But I am you, and I just want you to do what's right.

It all made sense now. Everytime I said "fuck it, you only live once" I just shut my conscience up.
And this happens to us all... We tend to want to change others, even when we have much work to do on ourselves. We fail to realize the log in our eyes as we pay attention to the perks in that of others.
What if we work on ourselves? What if we always did what's right by our standards... Maybe, just maybe there'd be nothing to correct anymore and one body at a time, we'd make the world a better place.

The interrogation.

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