Abyss

“You'll have another chance. We've given you another chance to live.”

And then, it went black.

One beep.

Then another.

And another.

Then, rapid beeping.

I can't see anything.

It's all black.

Eyes glued to the back of their lids.

All I know is I can't see.

People were yelling.

My arm got cold.

I was burning up.

And then, it went black.

Many beeps.

Loud beeps.

Quick beeps.

Suddenly felt like someone held a lighter to me.

Slowly walked it down my arm.

Someone screamed.

My heart raced.

I was freezing.

More screaming.

More beeping.

My arm got cold.

I was so hot I was cold.

Then I got cold and started burning up.

And then, it went black.

More beeping.

More screaming.

A loud timer went off.

More sweating.

More freezing.

A deep confusion set in.

And of course, it went black.

My brain is awake.

But I am not.

Held down by an unknown weight.

Eyes still refusing to cooperate.

Stuck in a loop, of screaming, freezing, boiling, and beeping.

And just like always, it went black.