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The Quiet Journey

  View is changing constantly and gradually, from cars or vans relaxing in a organised order side by side, to sliding hills with white walls for the vans approaching ground floor, until the yellow machine coming into my view with its twins' brothers behind it. Slowly getting next to the machine and Benson gets his hand out to machine through opened side window. Gate is rising up and greet us out of the car park silently. Bright light shining on face and lighting my mind visually under the sunshine through window. Coming to my view are traffic with traffic lights and zebra crossing.

  External car parks are roofless which gives a reason of fewer cars or vans parking. Joining with road for incoming vehicles coming in or out for airport. Traffic lights are performing as usual as there are invisible pedestrians walking across to another side via zebra crossing. Landscape through window are stop playing and conveying vehicle has stopped. Traffic light that is appearing in my sight via the front window explaining we are stopping the traffic light. Eye on the upcoming view for bridge far away that we are going pass under. It is a running train running on the bridge. My view on train become closer as it is expanding in my sight. Train running quicker and disappeared on my view before we pass the traffic light steadily.

  Van on the way to go underneath the bridge. Seeing unknown interesting landscape through the holes in the bridge. When van getting closer to the hole under the bridge, trees and car with the clear blue sky are the elements on the upcoming landscape via the holes, arriving to my viewport. Hole in my view become bigger which is telling us, we are nearly arriving under the bridge. One side covered with red bricks along with a empty pavement in another side of window are showing that we have entered the hole under the bridge.

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  Limited items on the landscapes creating emptiness that allowed phone attract my attention. Therefore, my view changes from landscape to the screen on my phone. An idea of messaging my wife back appears in brain and encouraging me to unlock my phone until conversation between me and my wife appears on the screen.

  Typed in message about arriving safely to UK and now on the way to Coventry with Benson. Holding my phone but a sense of tiredness rising up and focusing my neck to lean back rather than bending down. Various sized vehicles coming into my viewport through the front window. Some of them are pacing on the other side of bridge in opposite direction. Some are around us and running on the motorway with us as temporary companions. Clouds has been gathered together into small group and spreading on the sky randomly. Meanwhile, cold air inside the van, between me and Benson, are vibrating away. In exchange for warm air, coming from our breathing, inside the van regularly.

  Focus point lost from the moment when my eye on the notice board of places in English. Did not know these places that never even travel before. There is no sounds except the engine mourning underneath us with other vehicles around us on the motorway. My eyelid begins to fall down when my ears get used to engine voice. Phone over my hand are remaining calmly and peaceful. Lighting on the screen become darker until light off without disruption by touching. Eyelid finally shut down my window to landscape. Body are remaining stills with head leaning on right hand shoulder slowly.

  Disclaimer:

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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