Post by Del on Sept 22, 2010 9:23:21 GMT -8
“Kill her.”
Those were the words that sealed my fate; the ones which I would never forget, for as long as I lived.
I couldn’t resist. There was no point. And yet something burned inside me, something screamed for me to run.
Yet why would I want to? There was nothing left for me; not in this life. He was gone forever; I knew that now. My heart had died long ago, and with it, my will to live. As I sat there, pinned to the ground, in those last unending moments, I could focus on nothing else but how cruel the world had been to me: the life I would never live taunted me now, laughing at the foolish, stupid girl who had once seen the entire universe in a simple man’s smile.
Yet I was no fool, and he was not a simple man.
The footsteps of my executioner fell softly, yet in my world each footfall sundered my soul like an earthquake. I would never see him again. My face became hot, and I could feel the eruption coming. Were these truly to be my final moments?
I had been so eager to believe them. That, if I could only do this one, last task, they would release me from the tyranny which had reigned over my life. Had hope blinded me so? No. I knew they had been lying from the start, and yet… I had been so eager to believe…
The earthquakes were growing now, one by one, becoming more violent, more powerful.
My body began to shake;
Something was caught in my throat;
My vision clouded;
I couldn’t breath;
I couldn’t scream;
I realized how powerless I truly was…
Then the earthquakes stopped, and so did my mind. Something wet and cool pooled in my eyes until it spilled over. It slid down my cheeks, my chin, and then fell into oblivion… what could it have been? I was sure time had ended.
And then I heard it - death - racing towards me, slicing sharply downward through the air to take the pain of this life away…
I was almost grateful;
Almost.
From somewhere in the crowd, I heard a man whisper, “Don’t watch.”
I closed my eyes.
Those were the words that sealed my fate; the ones which I would never forget, for as long as I lived.
I couldn’t resist. There was no point. And yet something burned inside me, something screamed for me to run.
Yet why would I want to? There was nothing left for me; not in this life. He was gone forever; I knew that now. My heart had died long ago, and with it, my will to live. As I sat there, pinned to the ground, in those last unending moments, I could focus on nothing else but how cruel the world had been to me: the life I would never live taunted me now, laughing at the foolish, stupid girl who had once seen the entire universe in a simple man’s smile.
Yet I was no fool, and he was not a simple man.
The footsteps of my executioner fell softly, yet in my world each footfall sundered my soul like an earthquake. I would never see him again. My face became hot, and I could feel the eruption coming. Were these truly to be my final moments?
I had been so eager to believe them. That, if I could only do this one, last task, they would release me from the tyranny which had reigned over my life. Had hope blinded me so? No. I knew they had been lying from the start, and yet… I had been so eager to believe…
The earthquakes were growing now, one by one, becoming more violent, more powerful.
My body began to shake;
Something was caught in my throat;
My vision clouded;
I couldn’t breath;
I couldn’t scream;
I realized how powerless I truly was…
Then the earthquakes stopped, and so did my mind. Something wet and cool pooled in my eyes until it spilled over. It slid down my cheeks, my chin, and then fell into oblivion… what could it have been? I was sure time had ended.
And then I heard it - death - racing towards me, slicing sharply downward through the air to take the pain of this life away…
I was almost grateful;
Almost.
From somewhere in the crowd, I heard a man whisper, “Don’t watch.”
I closed my eyes.
