Sunday, June 13, 2010

Speechless, part 1.

The last thing i remember, i was driving my brother home from a soccer game. Then the screaming as a loaded bus speed through a set of traffic lights, slamming into the drivers side of my poor red Toyota hatch back. Colors streamed before my eyes, a mess of red yellow and green. Then everything went black. I was soft and far away from my body, lifted out of the blackness and into the bright white above it all. For a moment i hung there, light and empty i felt like i had become nothingness, lest than dust. Searing pain rattled in my head and brought me back here, to my body. I want to cry out, to move to feel breath in my ridged body, feel anything but the pain. What is going on? I can sort of hear if i concentrate, sirens loud coming closer. My brother is calling me, "Jake! Jake! are you ok? JAKE? what's wrong? UGH!" i can not make a sound, my lips are heavy and they will not open, i can not even blink. I can here different voices now, new strong voices, two men and one woman, checking my reactions, searching for signs of life, calling for a gurney. They're all together now "1-2-3 UP" No don't lift me, somethings wrong, no i can't call out. Stop lifting me, the pain, it hurts! your hurting me! STOP. C-r-a-c-k. What was that! No! No! STOP the pain has gone from my legs. I CAN NOT FEEL THEM, STOP! NO!...no no it's to late. I can hear them loud now, we must be inside somewhere. They heard the crack, they are checking my pants to see, yes i'm all dirty. They say they'll have to take me for ex-ray's. The woman is opening my eyes now to check again for reactions. I can see her, shes pretty, thin with red hair, please give me some pain killers PLEASE! Oh god i'm going to die, i'm already dead, i can see that now, her face is so sad, i wont make it. She seams a little more hopeful now? maybe i can move my eyes if i try really hard. To the right YES! ok now, left, YES! oh the pain is worse HELP ME! Wheres Jake, I'd forgotten Jake. Is he OK? Please someone tell me! He can't be too bad, he spoke to me before. They are talking hurriedly, my mind is spinning and i can't understand them. The sirens have stopped now, i can hear more clearly. I can hear doors opening and metal somewhere beneath me squeaking, i must be on a stretcher. Bright white lights burn my blurry vision can i close my eyes again? My lids are so heavy and the pain is blazing wild if i can just close my eyes, Yes! closed, oh the coolness of the black behind my eye lids. Still the pain rages out of control won't some one please help me?...........................................................

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