He placed his fist hard on the gate rods, with unbelieve, tears of joy rolled down his cheeks, it's been 10 years locked up behind the walls of this prison. With smile he looked up the sky pointing at it with his middle finger and said "It's been years since last I saw you
Story
In year 2010, Jade happened to be caught in a murder scene. All evidence showed he was guilty and unfortunately for him, he had no prove of his innocence as he was convicted and sentence to 10 years imprisonment. Jade felt denied of his social life. Anger and regret filled his heart to have gone to visit a friend late that evening. The prison walls was a lot of struggle for him to fit into, a life where he no longer could see the sunshine as he used to.
"How can I survive staying here for 10 years". He asked no one in particular. " What"? Someone responded " I have stayed here for more than 12 years now" he pulled out one of his gray to show him the change that happened to him while lockup. "And worst" he continued, we never leave the confined of our rooms, you see nothing again while you're here till the day your sentence is complete". Jade sat down pondering over the beautiful life he had shared, the natures he goes out to feel, the night he sat under the stars and moon with his lover envisioning the future. He wished he could revise back the old good times or fast forward the days to end his sentence and resume the life he missed.
Seconds count to minute and minutes to hours and hours to days as Jade stayed lock up in the confide of his cell and his thoughts that kept wandering, to comfort himself of the beauty outside the world the walls of the prison has denied him. He watched as prisoners each day completed their jail terms and were again free men. He longed to be a free man again to once again connect with the air outside the walls. Years passed, Jade at some point lost contact of how the world outside looks like or feel like as he spent much time in the dark walls of the prison.
Just as fast as the clock click. 10 Years , precisely 2020, Jared couldn't wait to finally be outside the walls. "Jade Daniel" A prison officer called him out handing over to him all his possessions that were collected from him. "You're now a free man , be careful with your life next time" the prison officer concluded. Jade had grown few gray then but was still looking youthful and strong. Immediately Jade found himself outside the gate,he held the rods firmly, looking back to the walls that held him captive, tears roll down his cheeks, he had missed lot of things. He looked up the sky and saw a shooting star, he clearly remembered the last time he saw it, it was the night his lover had accepted to marry him, the night they exchanged their vows to always be together. He kept pointing at the sky with his middle finger and said "The last time I saw you" it was the happiest day of my life and once again, today I feel most happy.
This is my entry to the inkwell fiction challenge