I see a million deaths.
A million more teary-eyed visages.
Too afraid to open my eyes; fear of turning blind
From either light too bright
Or darkness too dense.
They needed saving, and so did I.
They have failed, as have I.
We have forgotten the promises we were meant to keep.
And now watch them wilt, petal by petal.
I give up,
As I hope my heart forgets to beat,
Just as I have forgotten how to breathe.
My body falls limp, as I let the water engulf me
Expecting it to dispose of me somewhere, anywhere,
Or let me freeze in its midst till I'm just
A speck of black in its vast blue.
But my heart doesn't stop.
As much as I want it to.
And before I know it, I'm swimming.
As if I've always known how to.
Or maybe it's the nameless hand wrapped around mine
That pulls me to the surface.
I let her.
I can't tell how she is able to breathe, let alone speak
And when she faces me, that her triumphant smile,
Says she knows more about me than I do.
I don't even know what is real anymore.
Just when I start doubting my existence again,
I hear a voice.
It's okay.
YOU are here now.
YOU ARE READING
We are here now.
Short StoryWe must dream, watch them shatter, fall apart piece by piece, agonizingly slow. We must dream again, before reality becomes a truth we can never wake up from. A parallel and gradually converging story of two different personalities of the same per...
