Broken Angels (Katie Maguire)
“Is there anybody there? said the traveller, knocking at the moonlit door.
Gerry opened his eyes. He was suffering such pain that he found it hard to believe that he was still alive. Surely you could die from pain alone. Surely there was a way in which you could wish yourself dead. Dear God in heaven, please stop my heart. Please stop it now, so that I no longer have to go through this unbearable agony.
But of course God had turned His back on him, and no matter how desperately he pleaded, God would pretend that He hadn’t heard.
The room grew gloomier and gloomier, until it was almost completely dark. Gerry rose in and out of consciousness, like a swimmer dipping up and down in the ocean, except that he felt that the surface was on fire, as if it was spread with blazing oil, and whenever he reached it he was blinded and seared and deafened by his own screaming.
Without warning, the room filled up with dazzling white light. He tried to raise his head to see what was happening, but he di...dn’t have the strength, and the tendons in his neck were too tight.MoreLess
Gerry opened his eyes. He was suffering such pain that he found it hard to believe that he was still alive. Surely you could die from pain alone. Surely there was a way in which you could wish yourself dead. Dear God in heaven, please stop my heart. Please stop it now, so that I no longer have to go through this unbearable agony.
But of course God had turned His back on him, and no matter how desperately he pleaded, God would pretend that He hadn’t heard.
The room grew gloomier and gloomier, until it was almost completely dark. Gerry rose in and out of consciousness, like a swimmer dipping up and down in the ocean, except that he felt that the surface was on fire, as if it was spread with blazing oil, and whenever he reached it he was blinded and seared and deafened by his own screaming.
Without warning, the room filled up with dazzling white light. He tried to raise his head to see what was happening, but he di...dn’t have the strength, and the tendons in his neck were too tight.MoreLess
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