Strike Eight

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Eating that morning was something I was grateful for, I'm glad I'm here, safe with company, I glance over at my group, they looked peaceful,I started to wonder, what if they hate who I am, it isn't right, is it? Now that's not being fair.....
I don't know, who am I kidding? Don't I know what's right for me? I'm confused, my parents were the best, they know what's best for me, I believed that even when I was small. I remember what my parents had to offer back then, ah, such sweet dreams they provided, I love them, even though they're not here. I miss them but we all have a destined path, no worries, we'll make it out somehow.
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Still being followed, when will he stop, turns around to face him, "Oilseed,Don't you dare do it! Don't follow me to the end of the line!"
A pause, fidgeting with his fingers,"But-"
"No! Go home!"
Another pause, look away, pulling out something, what is that? Ouch! I'm hit, he hit me with a sedation gun, falling unconscious.....
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Eating a pear, looking out at the pretty sky, it felt like a dream, I felt like everything was a dream lately, I'm often told I'm spaced out, in the nearby distance, I feel as though my shoulder got hit, it was itchy, I checked it multiple times, nothing is there, my friends tell me that I should be attentive, but I feel that if I do, I might lose myself, I hate losing, it's the worst feeling, whenever someone touches me, I'm always jumpy and I tell them: Don't you dare do it! I'm often anrgy if someone touches me, why? I can't explain it. I feel like something is about to happen, but yet it doesn't. Stretching I lay down, contemplating whether to leave the group to find myself right again, I feel lost....

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