enchantingparadisefire

[enchantingparadisefire]

Short story i made

As I inhaled sharply, I could taste the salty breeze on the back of my tongue. Salt is poisonous. Did you know that if you ingest too much salt you can die? Dead, gone forever, just like a crumpled leaf in the wind. Remember to breathe. In and out. I exhaled the bitter air that irritated my lungs. I can see a shadow, gliding above me as it momentarily vanishes in the heavy clouds that plagued the once blue sky. But I do not turn my head to follow its path. To make any other movement would break my trance and I can’t let that happen, not yet. My chest rises and falls in line with my breath. Don't fight it. Just exist and blend into the background, at least that's what I've always been told. I soon realized that the shadow that swooped over me and cast's my face in a shadow is a seagull. For a moment everything is frozen. For one precious second, everything was suspended in time. Remember to breathe. In and out. Just like that the spell is broken. It’s over. I can hear the crashing of waves and the spray of stinging water continuing as if nothing happened. As I run cracked hands through the cold wet sand, I wonder what I must look like to a passer-by, a stranger. A girl probably in her teens, lying crumpled on the shore, so close to the lethal water that could whirl her away at any given moment, too close. Her once strawberry hair, almost unrecognizable when matted with dirt and sand.  Whose Honey eyes hold an empty gaze as they rest above identical blackened eye bags.  Her what used to be porcelain skin, is now tinged with sickly green.

Remember to breathe. In and out. If such a figure saw her, what would they do? She wondered as she observed the sea-gull diving underneath the roaring waves. Would the stranger help her? She internally scoffed at the thought. Who would help someone such as herself? Who could stand her after finding out who she was and what she had done? She knew the answer to both her questions. NO ONE. She cured her weak mind for thinking such hopeful things. Hope. It had never gotten her anywhere.

Remember to breathe. In and out. I could stay here forever, she thought, just me. Alone. Forever numb. Her dull honey eyes now welled with stinging salty tears that could rival the oceans waters. But she made no move to wipe the liquid that was now spilling down her pale face. Another wave collided with the rocks. Another bird dived. Another tear fell. I won’t do it, she thought, almost sounding like a child. To almost prove this unspoken similarity she curled herself into a ball, as if that action could protect her from reality. 

Remember to breathe. In and out. Tick. Tok. But it won’t work, not anymore. No matter how long she spent on the beach where the cliffs and the ocean almost touched. I will always be trapped, both in this wretched place and myself... Unless. Oh just that word could spark all of the hopes and dreams she had tried so hard to stomp down, to suppress. Tonight was her only chance to leave.

Remember to breathe. In and out. Tick Tock like a clock. She was running out of time. But could I do it? Could I leave everyone and everything I love behind? Could I be that selfish? Deep down the answer she knew and feared replied. Yes. Surely anyone would stay. But I’m not everyone. I have and never will be. The whispers that always followed and surrounded me had said so. I could do anything if pushed to the brink, and that was what scared me.

Remember to breathe. Tick. In and out. Tok. Nature seems to be compelling me to go; a small tide rolls over my toes, desperate to take me with it. Am I ready? But then again will I ever be?. I cautiously stepped forward into the surprisingly cool water; I had expected it to be ice cold. One more step. Then another. And another. Next thing I knew I was waist deep in the salty waters. I turned my head away from my former come and life and instead looked towards the endless sea as I took yet another step. My silver topaz necklace now shimmering as it encased my bitter water. We are both free now, but at what cost?. Another step. My necklace is glowing now, I must be close. That was my last thought before a sudden wave grabs me and pulls me under its murky surface. At least I think it was a wave. 

Remember. Tick. Breathe. Tok. In. Tick. Out. Tok. But I can't. CAN'T BREATHE. MY LUNGS ARE ON FIRE. EVERYTHING HURTS. Tick Tock my life was a clock, but now my timer had run out.

Falling. I'm falling. Until something catches me. No. Not something. Someone.