Scarcely Awaits Your Soul

Safiya is staring the horizon, the sea breeze make her skin salty, the wind is also blowing her hair. She keeps wondering what is the life she needs to fullfil even she is living already in guilt. The sun is about to set, she is waiting until the horizon became dark. She took a deep breathe as she closed her eyes, and tried to draw a curve in her lips but the tears is started to falling down from her cheeks again. It’s her new life that she need to live with it. She can’t even forgot, how come she can also forgive herself. She stood up and slowly walking barefoot in the sand heading to the cold water. As the cold water touches her skin, she also cupped the water in her hands and slowly pouring it to her face. She know it will be the end of her life, in a slow pace, she is dipping her body in the cold water until it reaches in her head. She can’t breathe but she keeps swimming in the deep level of the water but she know she can’t swim longer. Safiya is already drowning and she know it her last destination, she remembered her happy family, she remembered her bestfriend that she truly loved and trusted, she remembered how grateful the life she had before and now, it’s the time to drown it together with her. She heard a loud and unfamiliar voice before she lost her conciousness. A stranger man named Nicodemus is running fastly ahead to the cold water, as she saw a lady in a white string dress is drowning. He knew the lady is in agony while he is looking her movements from a distance. The man often see the lady every afternoon in the seashore, staring the horizon until the sun is completely set before standing up and leaving to the favorite sit of the lady. However, he was alarmed when the lady came to water as he know that ever since he was not able to see the lady dipping in the water. He thought maybe the lady wanted to relax only in the water however, as the lady slowly disappearing in the water, Nicodemus stood up. His heart is beating rapidly and it making him to shiver. He waited a few seconds but he can’t already see her, he run fast as he can to the water and trying to search her. He keeps shouting “Miss!” “Miss!” but the lady is not appearing, he tried to swim further until he saw a white dress in a lady floating in the water. The night became more cold but the moonlight is also bright, Nicodemus hurried to grab her and bring her to the shore. He gave her a mouth to mouth to-mouth resuscitation, he keeps praying that the lady will wake up as soon as possible. He is very worried and concentatred to let her wake up and live. In a few moment, the lady woke up and coughing so hard, the water is coming out from her mouth and was very confused when she found a man in front of her. Safiya is still confused and keep looking at the man’s face, she know he never meet him before and he is very unfamiliar to him. Safiya just realized that a man saved her from drowning. The man hugged her and still thanking that she is still alive. Safiya was shocked and decided to push him, Nicodemus undertstand and he pull back. Nicomemus told her that he saw Safiya drowning and he decided to save her. Safiya looked at him and was furiously mad. Safiya told him that she doesn’t know him at all and he shouldn’t save her. Safiya stood up and run fast as he can but Nicodemus grabbed her wrist and told her to wait. Safiya faced at him and telling him to let go of her because he is a stranger and he shouldn’t interrupt her business. Nicodemus slowly setting free her wrist while looking at her intensely. Nicodemus saw the sadness and sorrows of Safiya eyes, he doesn’t understand but it made him to be more concern about her. It seems that he have a purpose in her life. Safiya was silent also when Nicodemus stared at her deeply, Safiya noticed how beautiful Nicodemus eyes have. She saw a hope and his eyes. However, she know that the man might be a decade older of her as the wrinkles in his eyes is obvious. The moonlit serves as their light resulting to see each other’s appearance. Safiya told him that she never talk to stranger, she is very hesitant to thank him and decided to turn back at Nicodemus. Nicodemus wanted to talk to her but the only thing he told to Safiya is to be hopeful. Safiya stopped for a few moment but decided to go and run fast as she can until she reached her small modernized amakkan house. She rushed to the bathroom and showered a warm water, she keeps remembering the scenario, she was still confused to the man’s appearance and especially when Nicodemus hugged her. She remember the eyes of Nicodemus, she can’t understand her feelings but it seems that she know him before. She feel a strong connection when she saw his eyes. Safiya cried when she realized she is alive after her near death experience. She remember the man’s word that she should be hopeful. Safiya dried her body and wear her string white dress. There was a small bible in her side table and decided to open but very hesistant to her read. And she decided to close the bible and went to the kitchen. She prepared a hot soup but still confused to the man, she know he is a stranger but she thinks she need to see him again. Nicodemus was grateful when he saw Safiya came back to life, he is thankful how great his King is. Nicodemus ride his motorcycle and went home, as usual scenario, his children saw him dripping in wet but they only greeted him and never bother to question him. Nicodemus went straight to his room and took a hot shower. He again remember Safiya’s eyes, he wanted to talk to her and something inside him want to see her again. He feel a raging fire in his heart that pushing him to talk to her again. Nicodemus often see Safiya in the seashore and he is aware that Safiya must be facing something. He only looks at her from a distance and decided not to approach her since Safiya only appears when the sun about to set and completely disappeared when he come out from the water. Nicodemus often took a dip in the seawater as he believes that it is healthy for him. As often he went to the shore, he also saw Safiya in a distance, he never saw her in a closer distance and only from the scenario awhile ago he witnessed the features of Safiya. He never know her name but he know Safiya is always on a string white dress. Nicodemus saw the sadness of Safiya’s eyes but it is an undenyfing fact Safiya is a beautiful lady, her soft and unstained lips, her milky and soft skin, her nose bridge, her collarbone, her jet black long hair, and her chinky eyes perfectly matched her in her string white dress. He know she have seen many gorgeous women in his life but Safiya’s beauty is just ethereal for him. Nicodemus feels pity on himself when he realized that Safiya’s age must be a decade younger of his age.