A Backpacker's Guide to Exorcism

[violaconspiracy]

The reflection in the window tells me that the pack strapped to my back is small--  far too small, in fact, for someone who is on her way to a different country for two weeks. It's hard to believe my eyes, because I feel like I'm carrying a mountain.

Most people could carry three of my pack without trouble, but I'm adding it to an already-massive

Comments

[kickthehobbit]

This reminds me of Wild, in a good way. Great work! :)

[violaconspiracy]

I'm actually not very familiar with Wild, so any similarity is coincidental. Thank you for reading!

[kickthehobbit]

It's one of my favorite books, about hiking the PCT. It's pretty awesome, if you ever want to read about something similar to what you evidently lived through. :D

[violaconspiracy]

The closing line is actually the first thing I had. It's the reason I wrote the piece. Thanks!

[i_17bingo]

"I am a turtle," I think on the fourth morning.

This was a beautiful, liberating turning point.

[i_17bingo]

Also, excellent title.

[violaconspiracy]

I think this was the moment when I fell in love with my backpack.

[violaconspiracy]

I think the title might be partially due to having just finished an anime series with a lot of exorcism...
Also, I didn't realize until after I posted it that it's essentially a rewording of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[fodschwazzle]

I like Worry's voice, all dry and scrabbly so that, when his concerns fall on ignoring ears, the humor behind his ranting becomes more audible. Nice personification.

[violaconspiracy]

That dry, scrabbly voice is less humorous when it whispers in the dead of night.

Thanks!