Snow Man

Chapter 12 - going back..

I dived through the door of water, landing face down on thin air.

There is only one way to say it.

I'm flying.

Well it's more like floating than flying.

I have no wings to hold me, but I did not have to endure the cold ice on my bare feet.

I smiled to myself. I am no longer in the eye of death, but I'm not alive either.

I look down at dad and me.

Me growing paler by the second, and dad so close to exhaustion, looking at my face every couple seconds to see if my foggy breath had returned. The look of panic crept upon his face every time he saw it wasn't working.

Not sure on what to do I just stood there waiting for him to bring me back, but knowing I had to do something, or nothing he did would work.

Behind the jolts of my dead heart, I felt a pull on my soul. It longed to be back with my body.

I wanted to be back in my body. But getting there is easier said than done.

I look at my lifeless body in wonder. And asked myself 'how do I get back to my body?'

Looking back at all the movies I have seen about my current situation, they would get kissed by there true love and be brought back to life thinking the time of being a ghost was a dream.

Or I could lie down on top of my body therefore reattaching my soul and body.

But if all else fails I could sew the toes of both my soul and body together.

My second idea seem more realistic than the other, so taking a step I glided to my body.

Dad is still in the same state. Working over my body listening to the empty thump of my heartbeat that may not come back.

As though there is a second invisible ground, my feet never touch the earth. They sought ground in thin air. It truly feels as through I am walking on a flat surface, instead of half a metre off the snow.

Reaching for my body I realised that floating above ground is a problem. I can't reach my body. It is to far away.

Standing over my body, looking down at myself, I see that I am not here at all.

I am not a person, but a phantom. I can see through myself.

I would think it was pretty cool if I wasn't looking down on my waiting, pale, lifeless body.

I turning I walk to my feet. Making sure to be in line with my body, I held my arms out slightly...

And fell...