Earthbound
“I want everything to appear normal.
After he tells me to be careful, I start to lean in for a kiss.
But stop.
I can’t go there—we can’t go there—until I figure this out.
I plod home slowly, rain trickling down my neck from where the wind blows it into my face. The chill wakes me up. Its bite is so sharp it seems to scrape the skin on my cheeks, but it grounds me, reminds me that I’m here. That I’m alive.
It used to only take simple things to do that—the feel of fresh air on my skin, the sme...ll of bread baking, the sound of children laughing.
Now my reminders have to be harsh, and I admit, it frightens me.
My head is spinning. Being betrayed by Reese and Elizabeth was bad enough. The rest is hard to even contemplate.
I can make stuff.
Stuff that disappears in about five minutes.
It’s not so bad, I try to convince myself as I turn up the front walk. I’m breathing. I’m healthy. And that doesn’t seem to be changing. At least not in the very immediate future.MoreLess
After he tells me to be careful, I start to lean in for a kiss.
But stop.
I can’t go there—we can’t go there—until I figure this out.
I plod home slowly, rain trickling down my neck from where the wind blows it into my face. The chill wakes me up. Its bite is so sharp it seems to scrape the skin on my cheeks, but it grounds me, reminds me that I’m here. That I’m alive.
It used to only take simple things to do that—the feel of fresh air on my skin, the sme...ll of bread baking, the sound of children laughing.
Now my reminders have to be harsh, and I admit, it frightens me.
My head is spinning. Being betrayed by Reese and Elizabeth was bad enough. The rest is hard to even contemplate.
I can make stuff.
Stuff that disappears in about five minutes.
It’s not so bad, I try to convince myself as I turn up the front walk. I’m breathing. I’m healthy. And that doesn’t seem to be changing. At least not in the very immediate future.MoreLess
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