by Lin Beifong » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:02 am
Haha, yes, yes you did.
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So, what do you guys think? I wrote this in the dead of night last night, and figured that I'd share it with you all this morning when my brain had recovered. xD
Confessions from Lin #1 - I Still Talk to my Mother
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I still talk to my mother.
She has been dead for quite sometime now.
But I still talk to her anyways.
And sometimes, I can even imagine, that she talks back.
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I close my eyes gently and run my hand across the warm, embracing earth one last time.
The vibrations thrumming across it tell me that he is nearing, and nearing quickly.
Too quickly for my liking.
But I am brave.
I am tall.
I will not break.
I will not fall.
My hands grip the earth even tighter, knowing that I will have to relinquish the connection soon.
Forever possibly.
But I am brave.
I am tall.
I will not break.
I will not fall.
The monster is behind me now.
I do not have much time.
No, scratch that.
I have no time at all.
He jerks my head back so that our eyes are connecting.
I can tell that he wants to see me cry.
I can tell that he wants to see me break.
Me, daughter of Toph Beifong.
Me, former Chief Police of Republic City.
I will not give him such a satisfaction.
No, I will not.
For I am brave.
I am tall.
I will not break.
I will not fall.
I tense up as his fingers begin their descent towards my forehead.
He smirks, having felt my movement.
I move no more.
His fingers touch my head and suddenly…
I feel empty.
Worn.
Tired.
Gone.
Dead.
I feel icy shards running up and down my spine as I hit the cold, once embracing ground…
Painfully.
A groan tears through me and I close my eyes.
Nothing.
No vibrations.
No movements in the earth.
Nothing.
Nothing,
I repeat silently to myself.
I am nothing.
Mom, are you proud of me?
Silence.
Silence as cold and still as the earth beneath me.
Yes, kiddo. I couldn’t be any prouder.
A half-smile, despite my emptiness, uplifts my face.
Really?
The distant noises of the monster giving directions reaches my ears.
I pay him no attention.
I am lost in my own world right now.
Yes, really… Did you seriously have to ask that?
My smile grows even wider, but my eyes remain shut.
I am picked up.
Presumably by one of those dirty Equalists.
Yeah, Mother, I did.
As I am being carried somewhere, I can almost feel someone else, someone not present in this world, rolling their eyes.
No matter what though, I love you, Lin. You’re always gonna be Momma’s little girl.
My body is rudely tossed somewhere.
The ground.
It hurts.
Badly.
Really badly.
I do not falter thought.
For I am brave.
I am tall.
I will not break.
I will not fall.
Again, at least.
I love you too, Mom.
Warmth rushes into my body at those words.
And I open my eyes.
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