Daybreak

One step in front of the other.


Plod..




Plod..




plod.



I watch in fascination as my feet pick up and set back down.




Logically, I realize I am on my last legs.



Somewhere in the back of my mind, I am running background analyzations.




Dehydrated? Fuck yeah.



Body, broken.



Legs shaking and weary from untold miles travelled.



Blood pouring from sight unseen, dried and fresh rivulets creating new tracks on my skin.


Head, fuzzy from lack of sleep. Desperately trying to reboot.



Hands a tremor as I plod on forward.



Can't rest in an area where there are enemies afoot, don'tcha know?


Play Fallout sometime, you'll see what I'm talking about.


Must find a safe place somewhere.



Time to sing. Long, clear, and loud.



Time to gamble again, it seems.


With my life.


Again.


Boy, this shit gets old.


I begin to hum, raspy and out of breath.

"Never been saved, but I've never come closer

Another year down and another year older
A million fresh starts, what I needed was closure, yeah
I lost who I was but I found my composure, yeah..."

Slowly, gathering air in my lungs, it grows louder.

"When I found you

I found me
Nothin' around, far as I could see
You were the current that carried me
When I found you
I found me
Lines in the sand only you can read
My S.O.S., yeah, you rescued me
Rescue me"

 

 

A bit of movement, from the corner of my eye.

 

 

A single grey feather, floating to the ground.

 

 

 

A shimmer of light I couldn't quite place.

 

 

 

Manically, hysterically, I began to sing with the last of my strength.
 

"When I found you

I found me
Lines in the sand only you can read
My S.O.S., yeah, you rescued me

Call it high-strung, started uppin' my dosage
We're way too young to be feelin' this hopeless
You were my light in this endless ocean, yeah
Feelin' alive, even just for this moment, yeah."

 

I knew help was on the way, you see.

 

 

Like Alice visited by the Cheshire Cat, I knew which way to go.

 

 

Or, rather, not go.

 

 

Sometimes in this shitty little life we lead, it's best just to sit the fuck still.

 

 

Or black out, as it were.

 

 

 

As the encroaching darkness began to overtake my sight as my body fell, I smiled.

 

 

For, right on cue..

 

 

I heard the stomping chaos of a human's feet, breaking through the underbrush.

 

 

A cry of surprise from an unknown male.

 

 

And oddly gentle hands coming to cup my face and check my pulse.