She hangs up the phone and considers bolting upstairs. This room was spinning now, the news echoed off the walls. She ran up to her bed and sat, clinging to herself fighting not to let it sink in. Repeatedly thinking “no, no, no, no” faintly helped, but it couldn’t dissipate the scream that was caught between her vocal cords. She caught hold of a pillow corner, held on tightly enough to turn her knuckles red. Possible scenes of how it happened started to flood her brain while she struggled between denial and waiting for her turn.
Days later she stood among immediate family under the scorching sun, they sang the gospel of the lord who allowed this, hugging and holding hands. They were throwing roses into the earth while she stared down the hole in the ground. It was the deepest she’d ever seen. She stood there waiting for something to push her down. There was nothing else to want.
- Mood:
Lonely