Silences in the Dark

I awoken to the fierceness of my flesh erupting into flames, you would think the sweat spilling out of my pours would devour the fire within its watery thirst. I struggled to get out of bed and drag my blazing body to the bathroom. Where I begun splashing cold water upon my burning flesh and in my cool relief I was so glad my face was not melting. Gazing into the mirror I watched as the water danced off my face. Suddenly an eerie silence and a gut wrenching feeling began to over whelm me. I stood there staring at my reflection in the shadows of the light as it struggled to pierce the glass and forge its brightness upon me. I reached over for the light switch, but it was already in the on position. I flipped it up and down, still nothing. “Ugg, I muttered to myself I will replace it later.” the bulb must be out, still muttering in discuss as I went back into my bedroom to dress.
I went to flip on the light in my bedroom and it also was in the on position, I stood there flipping it up and down, as if some miracle would happen and the light would come on. Still nothing, curiously I made my way through my tiny one bed room apartment, testing the switches and seeing if the electricity is off and sure enough the power must be out. I‘ll get dress and go talk to the manager and see what he knows. I went back into my room and dug through my scratch and sniff pile. Scratch and sniff is my method to save money and time on washing clothes. You scratch the dried food or dirt off and sniff the arm pits and crotch area for order, if there wasn’t any you are good for yet another day of wear. I dressed and stepped out into the late morning sun. The intensity of the heat began brewing with in again as if it were some cosmic energy exploding inside me. Chuckling to my self I thought “maybe it was my intense energy that I blew the fuse in my apartment and no one else’s.” The manager was down on the first floor and 2 buildings over.
I walked a ways then froze in my tracks as the overwhelming silences surrounding me, I spun slowly around making a complete circle there was nothing. No noise, no birds chirping, cars passing, people talking, there was nothing. It was way to quiet, an eerie quiet, like the hand of time froze everything with in its grip including silence.
The fear of denial began to consume my thought of every answer why I could think up, till nothing existed. The Nothingness began to empty out my memories, spilling fear quickly into my head. Fear began pumping wild thoughts into my veins till my emotions where screaming out for panic to become our responder, our savior into the depths of madness. Breathing heavily by now, I walked even more briskly towards the manager’s apartment. Saying aloud over and over to myself “I am not going to panic…I am not going to panic”. The manager will just explain it all to me, like “Oh didn’t hear there was a tornado warning and every one was evacuated” “Everyone but you….now you are going to die” “Uggggg…I am not going to panic” I said even louder as I realized I was banging in sheer panic on the managers door and no one was answering. Oh God! I haves been abandon, left here alone to die. What is really going on, come on…think, as I was banging myself on the head, standing next to the manager’s door. I kept telling myself just breathe; I closed my eyes and breathed slower and slower, trying to gather myself, my sanity. Because by now I was really beginning to freak out…yes panic for real. I turned and ran as fast as I could back to my apartment slamming my door and sliding down to
the floor, fixing to bust out in tears. When I saw my phone lying on my couch, I crawled over and began dialing frantically, realizing the phone was dead, no power, and no phone. Aaah! My cell phone, I got up and ran into my room and began digging in my clothes, till I shook it loose from it’s entanglement from my bra. But it was dead also, I just never took the time to fully keep the thing charged, tossing it back into the pile. I know I will drive over to where I work it is my day off but Joe my good buddy will be working and he can explain all this madness. It’s only six blocks away and in the middle of town, where there is probably a ton of people gearing up for there lunch hour.
I grabbed my car keys off the table and darted down the stairs and into the parking lot. Unlocking my car I slid inside leaving the door open so the heat would escape before I melted, it had to be at least 100 degrees inside and its not even quite noon. I fumbled with the keys and managed to get it into the ignition and turned the car over, nothing. I turned it again still nothing. Slamming my fist on the steering wheel “Come on” I hollered aloud, my voice just echoed into the emptiness of silence, sending that rage of fear creeping up the back of my neck and wedging itself under my skin. As I tried it a few more times before hoping out and slamming the car door. “Fine”…I screamed I will just walk, still mumbling with sarcasms, as I made my way down the street. I no I looked rather odd arguing with myself aloud. “I ‘m probably the last woman on earth and every one else got sucked up in a big space ship except me because I was curled in a ball under my pile of blankets looking just like my pile of scratch and sniff clothes, so they didn’t see any one in my apartment to take. I didn’t want to stop talking because when I did, the realization of silence and stillness would set in, no one around any where and no dismay. It looked like they all vanished off the face of the earth, including all the animals’ bugs and insects every one and every living thing. Keeping my head down and talking to myself kept the panicking mode at bay.
Joe just has to be there I said trying to convince myself. “BAM!”*#* “Ouch!” I ran right smack into the back of the UPS man and the idiot kept on walking, as if nothing ever happened. I lurched forward, grabbing his left shoulder and spinning him around so he would face me. Speaking hastily “Dude, what part of me you did not feel slamming into you?” All he did is look at me as if he was in some heavily trance, like some freaky zombie, he replied slowly and steadily “Earth is dying”… (Pause)”Heaven no longer exists.” “What?” I shrieked and he repeated “Earth is dying”… (Pause)”Heaven no longer exists.” Suddenly I felt a sharp instrument slicing into my flesh; piercing my heart and dropping me face first into the concrete walk way before I could even say ow. I lay their and watched as his shadowy figure slithered away. The fiery liquid spilled from my body, leaving me alone in the stillness of silence to die in a sea of red. I was paralyzed, I no longer could move, not even a finger and my breath was becoming shallower and shallower. I was slowly choking on my own blood and drowning into nothingness. My eyes locked in darkness as I slipped into a silent peace, drifting above my body and taking one final glance at it lying in stillness amongst the sea of red.
Within a flash, just like lightning striking before my eyes, I was transformed into the empty universe. Becoming a flickering light upon the night’s dark horizon, for I had fallen into the stillness, the sky of nothingness stretched along the silences in the dark. So this is it, this is what it is like to be dead. When suddenly I heard the crashing roar of thunder, the loudest sound I ever heard. It sat me straight up in bed, with my heart racing for its life and the sweat of fear pouring out of every cell of my body. Once I caught my breath as well as my senses, I realized my stupid cat had gotten up on the very top of my book shelf and knocked a handful of books onto the floor. Luckily he did that, because my alarm didn’t go off and I am almost late for school if I don’t hurry it up. I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom and began splashing cool water on my face to wake up. Staring at my reflection as the water dripped off my face I reached over to flick on the light, but light was already in the on position. I flipped it up and down still nothing. The bulb must be burned out I thought I will replace it later.