20 BOOKED V O L U M E 9 , PA R T 2
Thousand Years by Jusalanne Matulac
The sun is about to set and another day is about to end. As the early streak of light begins, another generation is about to rise and some are about to end. However, here I am alive for more than a decade of existence. I tell you, your validity doesn't vary on how useful you are to the society. I can testify. I have been too valuable in every way, even in such little ways but I ended up being thrown away for the rest of my life. And, the fact that I am illiterate, I learned that no matter how a person educates himself, one thing he couldn't learn is to save me and the earthly world because of his slight ignorance. Thanks to my suppleness, I have gone to different places, through the land, water, and even on air - I survived. Covered with endless dents, I endured the days on the deep trench, cold weather on the side street, floating on the ocean, the smell of the canals, the heat of the sun, being dumped and crashed onto, and a whole lot of things that no one could imagine in the episodes of my 1000 years. But it has been too long. Witnessing what is happening to the world - the evolution of people from the destruction of the trees up until the loss of humanity in each person. I stood still. I stood still when people disregarded me after my worth. I am too tired to keep adding cavity to my green pastures. I have been stationed everywhere for a long period of time. When will they stop using me? I just want to die but burning me will emit a larger peril.
