Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Open Gates

The gates stood open, their once golden shine now tarnished. I walked through the empty streets, searching, seeking something I could not grasp. At the center of the once golden city stood a mansion larger than all the rest, its doors open like the gates. Where once light shown everywhere, a luminescence that was infused in everything, now there was shadow inside those doors. In this city where no one need fear anything, I felt a chill run up my spine.
 Step by hesitant step I climbed the stairs to the doorway. Just as I reached the top the laughter began. It was behind me, above me, all around me. Not cheerful laughter, but maniacal. It was the laugh of someone who had done something wrong and reveled in it, enjoying the cruelness of it and the pain it caused.  Then it was in my head, louder and louder until it was nearly deafening. But, below it all, there was a tone. A whisper of sound, almost discernible, it was so quiet that I had to strain with my entire mind to hear it. I latched onto the sound, like a life raft in a raging sea. Slowly, words formed in my mind.
“Why…”
Why what? Whose voice is this, hearing just that word stirred some feeling deep inside of me.
“…Have you…”
Have I what? That feeling is stronger, an ache in my chest. I know this voice, I know her voice, whoever she is.
“Done…?”
Done what? I don’t understand! Please tell me! Talk to me! I need to hear your voice!
“Why have you done this?”
The words explode in my mind, erasing the evil laughter, erasing all thoughts, leaving me spiraling into the darkness of my mind, falling, falling down into nothing. I am screaming but there is no sound, I am calling to you but you do not answer. I reach out for you…
And land painfully on the floor with my blankets wrapped around me.

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