• Wait. NO! I didn’t want this!

    The crushing weight of water surged over me as the tide turned. There was another voice in my mind, you wanted peace…

    NO, not this way. I was wrong, terribly wrong. I don’t want this, not anymore. I never should have jumped, Never!

    Faces flashed through my mind, mom, dad, Sarah…I’m so sorry

    My limbs were about to fall off, and my feeble attempts to scream were no use. I couldn’t bear the pain coursing throughout my body. Even on the verge I kept trying to resurface, but to no avail. One final thought… Tyler, the love of my life.

    Blackness


    * * * *

    Am I dead?

    “ are you okay!?” I felt strong hands on my shoulders.

    My body no longer felt the pain of drowning but weariness came over me. The ground was grainy but compared to the sea, it was heaven.

    My thoughts refocused. The voice sounded familiar. I opened my tired and stinging eyes half way. Then, shocked my eyes opened as wide as they could go.

    Wait, no. Tyler is dead, he died months ago due to a heart attack-right in my arms. I spent weeks crying about him. How could he be right next to me. No, it’s not real. I’m dead, I’m dead.

    They were the same. Light brown hair, green eyes, long nose, and a smile that made my heart flutter every time I saw it. Tears were threatening to come over me. I didn’t care if I was dead, he was next to me, I was fine.

    “are you okay!?” this time his voice was more urgent. His grip tightened, his nails pinching my skin as my eyes began to close again.

    I forced my lips to move and make sound “I’m fine, I’m fine” I whispered as my voice died away “I love you”.