BREATHLESS

We had been arguing for about 20 minutes now, and she just wouldn’t stop. Nagging and nagging in my ear,I thought my head was going to pop. Her voice rang through my brain, she wouldn’t shut up and I was going insane. I couldn’t breath, I had to leave because I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed my keys and headed out through the door. I stepped on the porch and pulled the door shut behind me. I had to get away from there,to a place where no one would find me.

I began my late night stroll, the misery of my marriage was taking its toll. As I walk the quiet streets, I reflect on all the good times that we’ve had. There were only one or two ,maybe a few but everything else was mostly bad. Every time that we fought, my mind would fill with sinister thoughts. Thoughts that i would always ignore in the hopes that we can move forward, but that didn’t help change the way that i felt. I didn’t know if i should blame her or if i should blame myself, maybe it wasn’t anyone's fault maybe it’s just the hand we were dealt. Oh well.

I continued my walk not knowing where i would end up, i don't recognize the surroundings but maybe it’s a shortcut. I take a few steps and leaves crunch,then a twig breaks. There’s something wrong about this whole thing,I think I made a mistake. I really want to go home now but i’m not sure how. Even though I hadn't been here long, I turned back around and the path was gone. That was the moment i realized that i was lost in the woods, i had a feeling something was about to happen and i knew that it wouldn’t be good. The dark of the night surrounds me,I can't see anything around me except for a body hanging from a rope,dangling from a tree. At first i was frightened but as i got closer i could finally see, the body that dangled from the branch was actually me.

by C.J.Whitcomb