Afire in the UK

 

Afire
By Nicole Mara T. Cruz

Different things come to mind when people hear the word ‘Freedom’. It could mean independence, an escape route or making decision. The definition varies and changes for each individual and one of my definitions of freedom is a place where you feel that fire in you spark. It is not enough that it is written on some piece of paper or that your teacher or parent tells you yourself is free but freedom is to be felt.

You could always tell when someone feels that spark, that fire in them, you could tell by their expressions, body language and their eyes that they could feel free. Some of my friends have found that spark while dancing, writing, drawing, singing or just simply being with the people they adore. Watching people with that flame inside of them perform or looking upon their work just makes the blood rush with adrenaline just by looking at those people who attack life with ferocity and determination makes me feel alive. Even catching a glimpse of those people with a flame inside them, working its way to the surface, sets afire my insides and inspires me to test the limits of how hot my fire can burn. I see it when I watch plays, acts or musicals no matter what genre, the aftermath of that would be to write or sketch. It didn’t matter what I wrote or what I drew I just wanted to get my inspiration to get out of my system and unto the paper to make room the next.

It has always been one of my dreams to go around the world and take in each culture one by one, taking in the best bits of what they have to offer and seeing different people perform different stories but with the same fire in their eyes. There are many things I want to do; going off to some exotic island, scuba-diving for pearls, backpacking into Europe, trying some very questionable but delicious foods but the first thing I want to do is getting out of my chair and go exploring into the most beautiful parts of London with my family is on the top of my list. I have seen the kind’s plays and theatre they have and each of them look astounding in their own way, I want to experience it firsthand, I want to watch the actors play out their lines with raw emotion and passion, making me want to explore more and more of the wonderful streets of London. To hear their accents when they speak, to see Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and to see London’s fire would be my pleasure. It would make my writing finish every last bit of ink in my pen and I am sure that it would make me sketch in my notebook with each muse and sight I set my hungry eyes upon, leaving no page empty of doodles and drawings. It would be a fantastic start to my adventure around the world.

I imagine that my favourite part would not be tasting the new exciting food nor looking at the many sights that London can offer but watching performers or theatre where I can clearly see the expressions on the peoples’ faces full of anticipation although the performers or actors compose themselves very well I can very well imagine that you would still find their eyes positively glowing ablaze from passion and delight of doing what they love. It makes me want to do everything I tasked with such determination and fire. For now, I shall give my best, spread my wings, make my spark evolve into a blazing fire that burns constantly, in hopes of sending a spark to another individual, and lastly, to be brave.

About the author:
Nicole was born in 2014 at the 24th of April. And she is the youngest to an outrageous family of 6 composed of my wonderful and ever youthful mother, my late father, two fantastically annoying brothers and my wonderfully irritating sister and lastly, Nicole herself. She currently lives in the Philippines where she absolutely love telling experiences and stories to my friends and schoolmates and listening to theirs as well.

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