Complication

Dang Thuy Linh

The way things are turning out are just hurtful. Everywhere I go I hear yelling.
Is it my imagination? A bad dream? No it isn’t, it’s the present. I feel the
stinging in my eyes. It feels like everything is coming out. They’re falling
fast and unstoppable. Everything around me is a blur, fading quickly. I slowly
slip into darkness; I look around and see nothing but darkness. I look every
way I can, but no light shines through. I close my eyes and try to think that
I’m not alone in this dark world, but when I slowly open my eyes I see I am
the only one here in this lonely world. I start walking in a direction not knowing
where it goes. Those things are coming out of my eyes again. I can feel my face
stinging and turning red. I abruptly come to a stop and fall down. I lay there
curled up against myself, knowing no one is there to help me. I slowly see a
light coming on. Looking at it, I began to hear screaming. It gets louder and
louder. Not knowing what’s happening; I hear hitting and even more screaming.
Those things coming out of their eyes, the yelling gets louder and louder. I
finally scream and fall into another place of darkness. Waking up I find myself
in my room, looking out the window seeing nothing but darkness. I hear yelling
again, I run out and see the yelling and screaming… the tears are filled with
so much emotion its so hard to take it… why does is it have to be like this…
I never asked for this. Did I do something bad? Forget it, I am tired of these
complications.

Dang Thuy Linh