STORY STARTER
Submitted by Celaid Degante
Leaving
Write about a character leaving something, or someone, they love.
What Once Was There
I stand and watch
As I fade into nothing
Staring down at my hands
As they disintegrate into dust
For they no longer have anything worth holding onto
Standing, helpless,
As I feel my tongue disappear
The words I never spoke,
And promised myself I would,
Will now forever go unspoken
Watching as my body crumbles below me
My knees buckling and body sinking
For I don’t deserve to stand on this world
So I lay on the ground
Laying, watching, waiting,
Staring up at the sky above
Wondering how far out it goes
The amount that goes unseen
Deep into the universe
Deep into me
I lay and breath in
Though it doesn’t seem to work
My head hurts and I’m tired
The air passes around me
Not allowing me to breathe it in
I guess my lungs are gone too
And there’s only so much blood the heart can produce when there’s no oxygen to make it with