The Sweetest Thing You Can Sing
“It starts out like the nightmare I’ve had at least twenty times before, the one where Devin goes on a rampage, screaming terrible things at me and my parents. But this time the shouting doesn’t come. The four of us are sitting in the kitchen in the morning light, eating scrambled eggs, when Devin announces that it’s time for him to go jogging. Somehow my eyes follow him, like in a movie. I’m outside with Devin, watching him run in step with Terry Fox. The two of them smile but don’t speak.
...They know each other. I can tell by how comfortable they look next to each other. They’ve done this run before.
The film’s grainy and the colour’s faded and all I do is watch them run, their feet pounding the pavement as the background changes from houses to fields.
I feel strangely calm when I wake up. This is the first good dream I’ve had about my brother in over seven months. It could be some kind of sign that he’s getting better, changing back into the Devin I knew from before.MoreLess
...They know each other. I can tell by how comfortable they look next to each other. They’ve done this run before.
The film’s grainy and the colour’s faded and all I do is watch them run, their feet pounding the pavement as the background changes from houses to fields.
I feel strangely calm when I wake up. This is the first good dream I’ve had about my brother in over seven months. It could be some kind of sign that he’s getting better, changing back into the Devin I knew from before.MoreLess
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