I lay'd there in the darkness, scared to go to sleep. Scared to never wake up. My eyes search the darkness for a shimmer of light but there is none to be found. Listening for sound but all that I hear is the fast pace beating of my heart. I get up and go to the window, trying to open the shudders but they will not open. I walk to the door and steps outside into the chilling cold of the night trying to find light. The moment I step out thought the streetlights go out leaving me in complete and utter darkness again. As I walk down the street all the lights in the houses go out as I pass them, the headlights on cars break and die. A bird falls dead at my feet when it trys to fly in front of me.
No sound, no light, no light.
Just the quiet, empty darkness of this night void of life.
Nothing but darkness,
Nothing but death,
Nothing but emptiness.
Not even my heart beats now.
My eyes open. A dream! A dream that I have dreamt over and over again, never changing. Not a dream, a nightmare! A never-ending nightmare filled with darkness and nothingness.
No one but myself.
Nothing but death.
Yet I feel nothing, no fear, no emotion upon waking.
I speak quietly to myself as I lie in the darkness, “A dream! Not a nightmare, it’s a dream. It’s me!”
I stand at the edge of a cliff, watching the sea rage bellow. A voice behind me tells me to step back, tells me I have so much to live for. I think to myself that yes I do; I have my family and friends, my boyfriend and a life; but where does it all lead. I wonder what it would be like to just spread my arms out and let myself go. I close my eyes, feeling the wind blowing around me. Someone screams as I slip and do not try and stop my fall. I fall off the edge and plummet towards the water below. Then as though the wind itself was lifting me, I fly up into the sky as high as I can go. A smile on my face and my soul as free as grace, I soar up and away.
A week passes by and my funeral is happening. My mother is weeping on a pew thinking; where did I go wrong? What did I do to deserve this on me? Didn’t I raise her right? Then from behind her someone whispers in her ear, these simple words; “dry your tears, please don’t cry. You did nothing wrong, it isn’t your fault, you did everything you could. She loved you more then you could ever imagine, it was just her time to go, and trust me, she felt no pain. Don’t worry about her, you’ll see her again someday, cause there is a heaven and it’s a beautiful place. And I’m up there now, watching over you.
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