starry-knight wrote:
Adopt virtual pets at Chicken Smoothie!People always say, there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
People always say, things will always get better.
But what happens when the people are wrong, and you stuck at the end of a dark...dark road?
How will you survive, knowing that the road only gets more bleak? More black? More alone?
Story?
That familiar pitter-patter of rain. The moist air surrounding her like a dense fog. The smell of fresh rain. Oh the greatest memories she had had of the rain. But tonight was different. Tknight she didn't have the luxury of enjoying the rain. She was walking through a tunnel, it's dimly lit lights, providing her just enough to see a few feet in front of her.
The tunnel was empty, the only thing that could be heard, was the rain pouring down, and the clatter of her feet against the asphalt, which reverberated on the walls.
Tears were flowing from her eyes, and they were blood shot red from lack of sleep. She wondered when things were going to get better. For her life was a disaster. So much pain, so much sorrow, so much regret. No wonder she had given up. Wouldn't you?
When you loose something that you love, you change. Everyone does. But when you loose, everybody, and everything life can be as bleak and as dull as death itself. She sniffled and wiped her tears from her eyes. She had forgotten how long she had been walking. This tunnel seeming to drag on for eternity.
She just figured this was another cruel joke life had thrown at her. This never ending journey of sorrow. She stuffed her hands into her zipped up jacket, they were bitterly cold. She shaking a bit for she was only wearing shorts and a thin jacket. But she didn't care. At least not anymore.
Stricken she was, oblivious to even simple things. Looking up again she saw that she was nearing the end of the tunnel. A cold crisp breeze billowing in and chilling her to the bone. Her teeth clattering but she was determined to walk out into the rain. She muffled another cry of agony by biting her lip. A little blood appearing there.
"where are you going?" she spun around instantly. "who's there?" no reply. She walked alittle faster. " Sarah! Wait!" she peered over her shoulder but no one was there. She was now jogging towards the exit of the tunnel. Afraid and confused. "Don't go out there!" she stopped dead in mid-stride. Then she saw him. "Erik." she muttered. A smile suddenly inching onto her face, but then it was wiped clean. "your not real. You-you died....yesturday." she gulped back the tears again.
"oh Sarah." "No Erik! You...you left me!" she said in anger, in resentment. "Sarah I never left you. I'm right here." Erik moved towards her, touching his hand to her cold cheek. "I'm right here." he said again. Sarah's legs were about to buckle beneath her. So many emotions overpowering her, and seeing Erik was too much. "I'm right here. Shhh...I'm right here." he said hugging her and trying to comfort the shaking sarah. Her arms wrapped tightly around him, rivers flowing from her eyes. Unable to say anything anymore. "I came back, Sarah. But I have to go soon." he said in a painful whisper.
At those words Sarah yanked away. "go? Your leaving me again? You promised you'd always be here for me!" she fell to her knees, gripping her head in her hands, rocking back and forth. Erik rushed to her side. "Sarah. I came back to tell you something." he said, lifting her chin so he could see her eyes. "Sarah, I want you to know. That the accident. It wasn't your fault." he said wiping her tears away again. "it wasn't your fault."
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I was hoping to have a dramatic end but I dont think I finished it quite right. It needs a better play on words...