Poetry

The Monster

written by: AutummBreak

Bright lights everywhere, too bright, piercing my eyes. Something is screaming to me, danger. I try to sit up, to get away, run away, but something, i don't know what, is keeping me down, holding me ruthlessly to the floor. I want to stand, to run away from this monster, but its strong, and i can't get any leverage to pull away from its grasps, to get away. Its crushing me now, sucking the air right out of my body, leaving me empty, limp on the floor. I fight, kicking and screaming, trying to find a way to save my own life. Then, i realize that its not going to work, its no use. I stop fighting, and let It take me away, away from the piercing light. Then, I'm drifting in a sea of black. Its all around me, drowning me in. The water fills my lungs, cutting off my breathing even further, leaving nothing but darkness, and pain. I stay there, waiting for it to all die, to never wake up again, for the pain to go away. Then, i see my grandmother. She is beautiful, just the way she was before she got sick. She is saying something to me, but i can't hear her. her lips are moving, but they make no sound. Then, i swim to her; it takes all of my energy, but i need to get closer to her, i need to hear what she is saying. I push my body forward, through the black and to her, just in time to hear her say, ' Keep going, i have faith in you, fight for you're life, you are too young to die now.' Then, without another word, she vanishes. She is right, i know she is now. I should have never given up, never let the monster drag me to this black place of despair. So, i fight, as hard as i can, harder then before. I push myself out of the dark, out of the grasps of the monster. I feel a light pulsing from my chest, helping me to push away, making me stronger. Hope, love, adoration. Then, I break the surface. I thrust my eyes open. I'm alive, saved. never again will I fall to the darkness, to the monster, never.