Title:
Nightmare.
Word Count: 143
Original Posting Date: 3/20/06
Dark. Weight pressing down, compressing ribs and lungs, unable to breathe. Lungs scream for air. Gasp for breath. Mouth fills with dirt. Fear. Fingers curled, nails ripping through earth, ripping into the bed. Pain. Arm brushing another, cold, clammy, dead flesh. Eyes clenched shut. Fear. Dig faster. Scramble for air, light, and life. Sound. Thud. The crack of wood splintering. Brightness seen behind closed lids. Another hand. The bite of beads against the palm, cloth, fingers - warm living fingers. A voice.
"Sango," her name breathed softly in her ear as she is pulled to a firm chest. Held, comforted like a child as her body shudders and her mind releases the nightmare. Lips press against her forehead as sobs racked her body. "A nightmare," the voice comforted. "It was only a nightmare."
She shook her head, "No. Not a nightmare. A memory."
