Silence.
Suffocation.
I close my eyes. Close them at the blurry liquid that forms. My head is spinning. Everything is spinning.
I can barely breath.
All i hear is buzzing. A buzzing that causes the spilling of red. A red that gets darker and darker and finally all i see is black.
Then i am gone.
I slip into unconsciousness. Praying for happy dreams.
Only, they never come.
I reopen them, reopen my eyes and sleeping mind.
It’s morning.
I’m staring at the white ceiling. Listening to to whirring of the fans as my sight tries to refocus.
It’s the same.
My eyes a stinging pain.
My chest feels that unsettling compression.
I’m still suffocating. Nothings changed.
I try to stop it. Stop the darkness that falls over me.
I lose.
I lay there, unmoving. It is as if i were dead.
I don’t know how long. I don’t know how long i stared at the sharp moving blades above me.
They remind me of last night. The last memory i had before it all went blank.
It was white. White everywhere. The tiles on the floors and even the walls.
Glaring back. Mocking everything.
In the center, there is a standing tub. White, clean and pure.
I blink.
There is water.
So inviting. Warm, clear and just taunting.
I turn away.
There is a splash.
In my precious water, sits a girl.
Naked, her skin glows just like the walls. Her eyes, they stare back at me.
Those haunting eyes, they become luminous in the contrast of her milky white skin. Her skin a mirror of porcelain, unscathed and much too tempting.
Slowly, she turns her gaze.
She is staring down. She is staring at the water she carries in her palms.
Her sad eyes flashes. A twitch of understanding. The side of her pale lips curve slightly. They are smiling. She is not smiling in joy. It is a smile of bitter content and a sadness that cannot be expressed.
Water droplets fall.
They fall like tears, tear shaped rubies from the palm of her hands.
I stand mesmerized by the tinge of red. How every droplet turned the still clear water into ripples of pink.
Lines appear across her wrist. Angry deep cuts violate her virgin skin.
I know this scene.
I know it much too well.
I turn away blinking back tears of recognition.
And i know how the tub will soon overflow and there will be nothing left.
Nothing left for that girl. Not even her wishes, dreams and hope.
And there i fall into the place of my dreams. Dreams i can never control.
I finally get up. Move away from the spinning blades above my legs.
The familiarity of this room is different. I don’t want to move. I don’t want to do anything but continue to stare up at the ceiling and its fan.
The sight that greets me downstairs only makes me sadder than i already am.
At the base of my aquarium, the carcass of another dead fish shows. There is no mercy for peaceful death. The other fishes peck and pull at it, uncaring that they had once swam and played together. I have never seen this happen. I knew it did but today the sight of it makes me sick. Sick with disgust at everything around me.
I am drowning.
Being pulled deeper and deeper into those murky red waters.
Mandalay- This Life
You couldn’t even bring yourself
To stay, oh no
You had to go
Spoil it all
I know you had to go
Now I find these endlessly
Colourblind days
To fill
You never will
(Take this life)
Take this life
Take it all
In your hands
You were mine
I could smile
You understand, fine
Again
I dream
You come to me
(Come back to me)
And comfort me
But now I dream
Where did the time go
Where did the time go
Did your love go
I know
You had to go
Spoil it all
And now I know
You never will
(Take this life)
Take this life
Take it all
In your hands
You were mine
I could smile
You understand, fine
(Take this life)
Take this life
Take it all
In your hands
You were mine
I could smile
Again
Just what you said was cold advice
I discovered sticks go with knives
I discovered I could’ve die in your chains
Still I feel, so won’t you stay
Oh, babe
(Take this life)
Take this life
Take it all
In your hands
You were mine
I could smile
You understand, fine
(Take this life)
Take this life
Take it all
In your hands
You were mine
I could smile
Again