The life long battle

A winter’s day in January 1981. One place, boys and a lot of guardian angels. Ice-cold snow by the road, as walls in a war. A road covered by ice, smooth like a mirror. There’s a line between the goal and the destiny. The mission, a journey between joy and an adventure made for children.

When an icy road has a duty to deliver, he didn’t make his task in the playable battle. It could have been his last moment. The guardian angels were on duty that day. They saved the boy’s life.

A car, fast as a shark, swallows him in one bite. Invisible friction between ice and tires hadn’t a chance. It could even be the last day to dance. In a moment, he was gone, gone everywhere. In his head and visually down the road. No snow banks couldn’t stop it, no brakes, and an impossible task missed to do what it has to do.

The distance was half of a ruler. Down under a car, the boy was dragged. This continued until the vehicle stopped. How long, they didn’t know, but in the end, the boy was out of consciousness. All rumors were many, but the guardian angels had the upper hand that day.

Was he dead? Where’s he now? Why did the boy end up under the car? Why wasn’t he thrown aside by the incredible force the car had to get rid of? Who is he? There were questions all over. The guardian angels couldn’t answer them. The boy, half dead, flew side by side with the angels. They traveled across the clouds to land softly on the roof of the capital city’s biggest hospital.

Lucky to be alive, the boy came home after a while. The look in others’ eyes surprised him. With the help of the guardian angels, he won the war. It was the battle of death and the future. With scars deep inside and visible ones on the outside, he still trusts the future and always trusts his angels.

The last thing he does now is to end this short episode. He hopes to win a new battle every day. The fight against anxiety and the war against his low self-esteem. Obstacles along the way have always been there.

Soon a new obstacle to be defeated.

…to be continued

Based on a true story

© Björn Blomqvist 2021-05-14