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"No, no, no! Oh, God, no!"
I vaguely feel hands behind my neck, propping my head up. I feel heavy, like my brain has turned to lead. My eyes slowly force themselves open – the world is blurry, indistinct, and dim. I can see a human form hovering over me, and what feels like rain falls onto my face.
"Arianna! Please, no! Just hold on! Mom! Call an ambulance! Arianna's just been shot!"
My vision focuses a little more, and I can make out the face of my boyfriend. He has tears pouring down his face, and I realize that I was feeling his tears fall onto me.
"Arianna, babe, please don't die! I love you! You can make it, just listen to my voice! Don't you dare leave me!"
I force myself to speak, even though speaking brings back the pain. The world flashes white as I say, "I'm here."
"Oh, Arianna!" He leans down and kisses my forehead. "Oh, thank God! You're alive! Please, just stay with me! Just stay here!"
The pain dulls again, making the world dimmer. Black splotches start to cloud my vision.
"John, I…" Even speaking no longer makes the world brighter. I am falling into a dark void, a place where I can no longer see his face. I can no longer feel his touch. "I love you," I whisper. I barely feel him sobbing.
Slowly, gradually, the world fades to black.
Where's the white light? Where is my life flashing before me? And if there is no white light, where is the gate to hell?
I see a hand, and then nothing.
So, I wrote this because I was thinking about what would happen if my original character, Iva, suddenly up and died... And instead of using my story characters, I made up two people for this. Not my best, but I really wanted to write someone dying with the stream of consciousness point of view. Maybe I'll try it again with Iva; I know her better than this random Arianna girl. And Iva's death would be so much more epic.
Anyway, here it is. (I can never figure out what the heck I'm supposed to categorize literature in...)
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