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A little diddy: I wrote this just now...it's fiction but it fits here...tell me what you think *~~~* A shroud of gray, thick, like pea soup. And I, a black fly stuck in the midst of the soup. Floating helplessly on a pea trying to stay afloat, sensing my own impending doom.
I slurp loudly from my spoonful of pea soup. Clouds are rolling in, the rain will soon drench this city. The gray will become impenetrable, like myself. A deep sigh escapes between my lips, if only I did things differently.
A crack of thunder shakes the window, drawing myself from my thoughts. Are all my windows shut? They should be, I never open them.
Another slurp. Another crack of thunder.
The cycle never seems to end, I can't seem to break it. Possibly I don't want to. Torturing myself with blades of emotion, each wound opened, sewn up, and slashed once again. Scars my reminder, I feed off of my scars. Each one tells a different story, and I have so many stories.
But no one wants to hear them, I ruined that chance long ago.
It's raining now, soft but getting harder by the second. This storm is angry, longing to unleash it's Hell upon this city of the lost. I fit right in. I set my empty soup bowl on the coffee table, what am I waiting for? Sitting here watching the storms pass, feeling the lightning strike, deafened by the thunder. Only to lick my wounds in the end. Will it change?
I could of had what I wanted, what I needed. My soul winces. The past is a murky pond, more gray, more fog. Besides, it's over now. For good.
A tear slides down my face. Oh, how I wish it wasn't over. The tear travels down my chin, slowing slightly. How, if I could rewind time, I'd do things differently. It rests on my chin, quivering, gaining weight. The razor. The teardrop falls off into an abyss.
No. Well, maybe just this once. I pick up the small piece of cold metal. The blade is sharp and I place it against my soft skin. Visions of a ravaged arm, torn arteries, blood dripping down the pale skin fly through my head. I close my eyes and move the blade across my skin. A white scratch, no blood.
My breathing slows, I put the blade back at it's starting position and swipe again. Deep, a numbing feeling. My nerves haven't told my brain how to react yet. The blood begins to escape, bright red with life. Life dripping away from me.
It stings now but I've grown immune. I cut again in a different location, my tears blurring my vision. Not that it matters, I can still see the red. It's coming fast out of this one, the platelets have not yet formed a net to catch the tiny cells.
My life. My past. Things I cannot replace, nor sugar coat. I cut again, deeper, wanting to feel as much pain as possible. Making my emotional pain real.
I lose count, too many bleeding holes. I drop the blade and it clinks as it hits the ceramic tiling. The storm is above me now, crying as I am. Drown me in misery.
I lay back and close my eyes. My lids like a slideshow, displaying the pain, the desire, the heartbreak. My breathing slows, warmth spreads throughout my body. Pain, unsurmountable pain. I try to raise my arm, but it's too heavy. I try to open my eyes, but they won't let me. My body embraces the moment and my soul joins in.
Lightning flashes outside, thunder immediately thereafter. Inside nothing moves, except my blood. Flowing from my wrist, pooling on the floor. Taking with it my fears, my inhibitions, my life.
It's getting dark. My thoughts are coming at random. I have work tomorrow, I will have to wear a long shirt. I wonder how my mother is doing. Did I leave the oven on?
No more. Embrace the moment. Tears flowing, blood dripping. A sense of peace takes over, my heart slowing. Maybe life will get better. The past happened, time to move on.
Afterall, there's my son. Sleeping away in the other room, dreaming of the videogame I just bought him. Time to smile. He's worth happiness.
My body from the waist down is numb. I don't fight it. Somehow I knew this was coming. Live in the moment, embrace this. I love my son, my beautiful son. He will grow up to live a great life, he deserves it. He was not a mistake. My last breath escapes my blue frigid lips.
Outside the storm disipates. A rainbow fills the sky. While a motherless boy begins to cry for his breakfast.
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