Falling

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The numbness of my fragile body won't go away.. i'm falling , the feeling of floating around has been installed inside me for hours now, i can't open my now too heavy eyelids, but i know..i know i'm close to the ground. i will hit the cold, hard rocky earth, will i die? well, at least i know i won't have any regrets, my life has been one of the few perfect ones so i can move on to the afterlife...but..my friends? my family? my lover?? no! i can't leave them alone! i won't le--

cold sweat runs down my freezing body, i push myself up from the floor...oh i fell off the bed...ouch, i need some water, getting up into a standing position i realize it's only 2 am ...that explains the darkness i've been in, i go into the dark maze of my house and reach the kitchen , switching the light on i realize i am not alone, my older sister was sitting at the table with what i assume is some warm tea ..

"couldn't sleep?"

" weird dream, why are you up so early?"

"i don't know myself" she says making a silly face and giggling . taking my cold cup of water ,i sit myself at the table and start chattering until around 3 and a half AM. and went to bed again hoping the dream was only a simple projection of the book she's been reading before falling asleep the previous day..

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