short stories

lungs.

"We will all die. One day we will, but I don't want you to die yet. So stay with me for a while okay?"

Tears drip down into the raging river below. Cars drive by unknowing.

"You can get up. Please. PLEASE just- grab on!"

The crying does not stop. It continues to flow down. Down. We will all go down.

A hand reaches for the other with force. A grip of trust. Shocked faces squinting fill them. A body better left dead is hauled back up.

"Here you go! You got this. it's ok..." patting on the back to show it's okay does not help. The scars on my wrists, both old and new, feel as if they are suffocating.

Washed with fear and shock only makes us tremble. I do not regret anything. I will keep trying and trying until you give up. Until you let me fall.

With your rolled up sleeve I can see the pain you hide. I know I'm causing you pain. I am a burden. I wish to fall.

"Let's go get something to eat okay?" That smile is only filled with tears I caused. I made you feel this way. If I go away everything will be fixed.

"Come on, let's go." A hand I will refuse to grab. I have reached for that hand too many times already. It is the only thing keeping me up.

A bridge was where I wanted to be when I die. I wanted to die with you.

I know you don't feel the same, but I'm in love with you. You help you unto my feet and start walking slowly.

The pain becomes too great once again.

I run. I jump. I'm falling. I look beside me and I see you, falling. I only feel shock. Do you want to die with me too?

"LOOK- I—I'M-I-N  LOVE- WITH— YOU- DUMBASS!" You grab me, once again. This time we both are falling. Your arms make me feel like we aren't falling, just floating. However gravity does not believe so. Water fills the lungs of both.

My love, I'm sorry.

Maybe I didn't want to die after all. Maybe I just wanted you.

I wish this was real. I wish it was, but you love her. You love my friend, and I to you. You only say those three words lovingly to her.

My dead body drifts alone on the river. In the deeps of the night no one can see me. I drifted. The water filled my lungs and drowned me, alone.

"Shit."