| haia greenwood | district four | wip
Jan 2, 2014 13:06:06 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2014 13:06:06 GMT -5
Haia Greenwood - female - sixteen - prosopagnosia (n.) - a deficit in the processing of visual information relating to faces. sufferers may not recognize others, even if they have met before, and must learn to distinguish others by their hairstyle, voice, or dress. I was not blind, but I may as well have been. I would forget faces that I had seen many times before. It was like scales were covering my eyes, preventing me from seeing the world like everyone else did. As a child, I was afraid of my reflection in the mirror. Who was that girl I saw staring back at me? The girl with the tangled red curls and the big blue eyes and the crooked front teeth? I did not know myself, and I would cry for my mother. She would then sit me down on my bed and explain once again, that I was the girl in the mirror. I had quite a bit of trouble in school. I struggled making friends because I forgot what everyone looked like when I went home. Career training was even worse. I mixed up my instructors all the time. I couldn't distinguish the difference between friend and foe. I isolated myself for a while, taking note of the little things that happened around me. I continued this for years until I could finally identify everyone. Not by their facial features, but by their other qualities. Father's raspy voice, little Clara's blonde pigtails, Mother's straight posture, and Thomas' sloppy appearance. I guess that because of my disability, I've become a very curious character. Once I learned all I could, I started looking for more. I loved books. I read everything. I scribbled things I wanted to remember in a notebook. What fascinates me most are the stars. Beautiful little soldiers guarding the moon from harm. My mother told me that the stars represent every spirit that had been separated from its host. They appear in the sky nightly to watch over the earth, and try their best to keep Earth's natural balance in check. Since then, I have been longing to become one with the stars. I want to be influential, to have control over everyone around me. I told my family of my dream, and they laughed. "As if you could ever make a difference." I promised myself that I would always try my best to change the world. I intend to be more than just a drop in the ocean. I intend to be the ocean in just a drop. I intend to shine as bright as the stars. |
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