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Monday, July 6, 2015

The Beginning of the Coma, chapter 1

The last thing I remember is feeling so empty, yet filled with such great sorrow and dread.  I remember going to work feeling like a hollow cold shell that walked around in a daze.  I would excuse myself from co-workers and retreat into the bathroom where I would stand and sob. 

Nothing seemed to get better.  I missed her.  I hated myself, and wanted to turn the clock back. But I could not. I could not do a dam thing. 

I resigned from my position, for it was no longer the job I was passionate about.  That was over, and my heart had died that day along with Iris.  So I began thinking… why go to a place that only adds to my unhappiness?  Would she want me to continue like this or would she want to see me happy?

It was only a week since I lost her and felt that maybe a quiet walk in the woods would help me? Maybe help me find some peace if even only for a moment.  I was walking along, lost in my sorrow and in my thoughts of despair.  I never even heard the thunder or the lightning start.  I guess I recall feeling and hearing the rain hit the ground and all around me.  I just kept walking in a trance towards nothing really.  I guess that is when the rather large tree branch fell and knocked me off my feet and into the air.  In the last moments before I lost consciousness I felt something warm and sticky on my head.  I reached for the warm substance and saw red. 

All was black.  All was dark.

I eventually heard people talking frantically all at once and then sirens blaring.  And then nothing.  All was dark, All was still.  My body was not responding.  I was a prisoner in my own body. 


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