purple.light

Sunday, May 02, 2004

Violation 

Last night was a nightmare. In ways more than one.

My home is a safety zone to me. I have never felt insecure at home, not in the past 5 years that I have been living here. I have never been wary about my safety.

Until last night.

My sense of safety has been violated and that feeling is really hard to swallow. It's like when things change, you know that they can never be the same again.

Dawn and I got home from the party and were in the lift going up to my place when suddenly the doors opened and a man burst into it. He was odd - he had aviator shades on (it was 5am in the morning) and he was wearing red diamante t-string underwear, which showed up clearly above his low-slung pants.

He said hi to us and pressed the button for the fifth floor, which is directly above mine. We reached our floor and went out of the lift and he smiled and said good night to us. Nothing weird.

Except when we reached my unit at the corner and I was unlocking the door, Dawn turned and spied his reflection on my neighbour's window peeking at us. Once he realised that she had noticed his presence, he abruptly turned and disappeared.

I really don't know what would have happened had Dawn not been with me last night. It's a frightening thought. And just now, when I came home, I looked around me at least three times before opening my gate quickly and rushing into my unit.

I hate what this is doing to me.


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Drops of Jupiter from Drops of Jupiter by Train

yAnn at 5/02/2004 05:00:00 AM