Red Snow.

In an instant a paralyzing stillness had deafened me.

I felt my throat sting with unquellable pain and the indescribably sickening feeling made my skin twist with fire. I couldn't bear the storm in my stomach, I couldn't face the red snow. I couldn't breathe the copper smell or hear Kelsey's insidious cries grow with each breath. I couldn't swallow the knife in my throat and I couldn't see.

I couldn't see anything.

My head was completely crushed with unbounded fear. My heart wasn't broken, it was crushed into fine powder. In my mind I was desperately trying to grab onto hope, but it was speeding away from me faster than I could bear. My blood had turned into cold lead and it felt like ice was rapidly crystalizing every corner of my flesh. In an instant I had burst into tears. The only thing I breathlessly needed was a cure. 'Make it stop'. I could not handle this amount of self-destruction.

"Kelsey."

I couldn't see her but I felt her battling me to my feet. I couldn't hear her voice but the vibration of her scream tingled just beneath my skin. I couldn't move my legs so I pulled her closer as she kicked and bit. Shutting her eyes I buried my head into her shoulders and felt myself begin to violently shiver.

"This is just a bad dream."

If there was a God, I needed him to pull me from this pernicious dream.

She stopped and I felt warm tears begin to trickle down my hand. She said something but all I heard was a buzz echoing over me. I didn't need to guess.

"Liar."

With her tears in my hands and her word in my head I fell into a sleep I wanted to last forever.