The Amistad – Spring 2007 - COAS - Howard University

The Amistad – Spring 2007FICTIONJust then she looked over at the television and learned that the Tulsen House had been destroyed. Shestared at the screen blankly as she felt every remaining ounce of energy drain from her body. It was as if hermind had gone totally blank and she was in a sort of mental limbo. Her whole body began to twitch nervouslyand she couldn’t sit still. Her body kept whispering for her to “move” but it was as if she were semi-paralyzed.Ten minutes past before she sprung out of her seat, determined to see her Pace. She approached the front deskand demanded to be taken to the baby. After a few moments of screaming at the receptionist, she was takenback to the child. The eyes that darted toward her like bullets didn’t seem to catch up to her speed. She ran likea madwoman.As she approached the glass case that held her rare, precious finding, her eyes glazed over with anuncanny brightness and her lips parted in amazement. She touched the glass in the same manner a spectatorwould in an art gallery. She stared at him with all the joy she could muster. After a while she also noticed thereflection of her face in the glass. She felt she was somehow in the incubator with him and breathed along withhis rhythm.-- 47 --