The boy closed his eyes. They stung a litte, though he hadn't cried. He would not cry. He will not. It was as though he had been looking at the telly for too long, though this was because he had been looking at the exam paper for too long.
He opened his eyes after a moment's rest. There was no time to waste. The open-ended comprehension part was difficult. He was average, granted. But he had revised. He had done the nessary preparations. Everything else was fine, except for that treacherous part.
Something in him had wilted after his first look at the comprehension. His heart had stopped for a moment, then resumed it's beating again. Only much faster. He couldn't help thinking that Chinese was very hard. He had done all the other questions in the paper. Only the six questions stood in his way to the finish line. But these six obstacles were tough. Astromically tough.
He read the passage with some drowsiness. Some tiny part of his mind was floating away, abandoning his body. He couldn't focus on the passage. The words didn't register in his mind.
Four more questions left. Five more minutes to rush them. He began hapzardly writing Chinese characters which amounted to only a sentence in the blanks. The teacher spoke. 'Alright,..' His heart and hand froze, body muscles tensing. 'I'll give you two more minutes. Five minutes left.' He relaxed. And began furiously doing work again.
He checked his stopwatch. One more minute. The teacher spoke again. 'Okay, time's up. Put your pens down.' What?! There was one more minute! He groaned inwardly, felt the hot blood rush to his cheeks.Felt the tears coming. They didn't come.
The teacher began collecting the papers.
'You can go now.' A rush to the two exitsout of the classroom. But he stayed back a little while. So did his two friends. They shook each other's shoulders and talked in stutters; they were that excited.Did you leave two questions? I left one; you? Hey, let's go. There's still the field trip now. Yeah, fine. He took the books under his desk and hurried after his friends.
As he ran off he didn't notice his change of clothes still underneath.
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Music
Always with Me
Somewhere, a voice calls, in the depths of my heart
May I always be dreaming, the dreams that move my heart
So many tears of sadness, uncountable through and through
I know on the other side of them I'll find you
Everytime we fall down to the ground we look up to the blue sky above
We wake to it's blueness, as for the first time
Though the road is long and lonely and the end far away, out of sight
I can with these two arms embrace the light
As I bid farewell my heart stops, in tenderness I feel
My silent empty body begins to listen to what is real
The wonder of living, the wonder of dying
The wind, town, and flowers, we all dance one unity
Somewhere a voice calls in the depths of my heart
keep dreaming your dreams, don't ever let them part
Why speak of all your sadness or of life's painfull woes
Instead let the same lips sing a gentle song for you
The whispering voice, we never want to forget,
in each passing memory always there to guide you
When a miror has been broken, shattered pieces scattered on the ground
Glimpses of new life, reflected all around
Window of beginning, stillness, new light of the dawn
Let my silent, empty body be filled and reborn
No need to search outside, nor sail across the sea
Cause here shining inside me, it's right here inside me
I've found a brightness, it's always with me
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Itsumo Nando Demo
Yondeiru Mune no Dokoka Okude
Itsumo Kokoro Odoru Yume wo Mitai
Kanashimi wa Kazoekirenai kedo
Sono Mukou de Kitto Anata ni Aeru
Kurikaesu Ayamachi no Sonotabi Hito wa
Tada Aoi Sora no Aosa wo Shiru
Hateshinaku Michi wa Tsuzuite Mieru keredo
Kono Ryoute wa Hikari wo Dakeru
Sayonara no Toki no Shizukana Mune
Zero ni Naru Karada ga Mimi wo Sumaseru
Ikiteiru Fushigi Sinde Iku Fusigi
Hana mo Kaze mo Machi mo Minna Onaji
Yondeiru Mune no Dokoka Oku de
Itsumo Nando demo Yume wo Egakou
Kanashimi no Kazu wo Iitsukusu yori
Onaji Kuchibiru de Sotto Utaou
Tojiteiku Omoide no Sono Naka ni Itsumo
Wasure takunai Sasayaki wo Kiku
Konagona ni Kudakareta Kagami no Ue nimo
Atarashii Keshiki ga Utsusareru
Hajimari no Asa Shizuka na Mado
Zero ni Naru Karada Mitasarete Yuke
Umi no Kanata niwa Mou Sagasanai
Kagayaku Mono wa Itsumo Koko ni
Watashi no Naka ni Mitsukerareta Kara
