Eternal Flame

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       My car skids across the bridge, ice making it easy for it to slip and slide. I close my eyes and accept this. Accept that I'm going to die. I feel the car do a perfect 360 and suddenly gravity shifts. My heart rate increases and the panic sets in, breathing in and out slowly I open my eyes.
      Red.
      That's it. I was blind to all other colors and all shapes were a blur. I remain sitting still, body limp in my car seat. My lungs are too scared to breathe and my body is as cold as ice. I feel the soothing flow of water around me and smile softly.
       "This is a beautiful way to die."  I thought peacefully.  Smiling to nothing, no one, this is it. I take a deep breath and feel the water slowly fill my lungs. My heart rate slows and I close my eyes one more time, taking it all in.
        Nothingness is all. It's everything now. My last feeling of nervousness cuts in to my reality. Heaven or Hell? I've done this once before, my life choices weren't the best and I ended up in flames for 3 years straight. Demons poking fun, throwing sharp objects at me. It wasn't fun.
       This time, though, will be different. Better. I made all the right choices in life. Never telling a lie, doing as I'm told with no questions asked, no sexual interaction, and no drugs. I was a perfectly healthy woman with a strong attendance in life. I know where I'm going.
          My eyes snap open, and my lungs decided to breath for me. With a sharp intake of breath I sit straight up and smile. Although one breath through my nose dropped it in an instant. Smoke.
       "No..."
        "Please god, not here..."
        "Not again..."
      Immediately I was greeted with the devil himself. Smiling brightly at me and holding out his hand. I had no other choice so I put my hand in his and he helped me up.
       "Did you really think you were going to your so called 'heaven'?" He asked, tilting his head to the side. "Then I wish you good luck, dear. Getting to a fictional place is quite the task!" He burst into laughter and threw me into the eternal flame.
       "P-please-ease n-no. N-not agai-ain."......

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⏰ Last updated: Apr 26, 2016 ⏰

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