Ropes

IT TAKES MORE EFFORT than I assumed, but I eventually manage to rip the cord off the lampstand.

Am I really going to do this?

I start yanking the cord from both ends.

Seems okay. ..

But can it hold my weight long enough until I die?

Only one fucking way to find out.

Tears burn my eyes even as I force myself to get moving.

It's not like I have a fucking choice.

I climb up the sink, and it gets harder and harder to fight back my tears.

It's better this way.

Because they made it so fucking clear, even with all of their faces covered, and none of them saying a single word—-

You know it is.

The way they had smirked and high-fived each other said it all.

And I'd rather die than let them have their way.

I tie the cord around my neck, and my tears finally start falling.

Fuck you, assholes.

I loop the cord around the beam.

Tighten the one around my neck until my lungs begin to struggle.

It's the cue I'm both dreading and waiting for.

Just think of it as flying.

I squeeze my eyes shut.

Fly. I'm just going to fly. That's all.

I step off the counter.

Bang!

But I'm too late.

No. Fuck. No.

Instead of flying, I hear the bedroom door crash open, and a whirlpool of despair threatens to swallow me up.

No!

It's the sound of hell knocking on my door, and a scream rips out of my throat when someone grabs my legs.

Nooooooooooooooo!

I'm screaming and kicking as fear eats me alive from within.

NO! NO! NO!

I feel myself slowly losing my mind.

Please, please, please.

The cord around my neck loosens, and I start clawing whatever I can reach.

Can't anyone please help me?

Someone starts speaking, but my mind has already started to disintegrate.

I don't want this.

My body grows heavy, and my knees start to fold.

Please.

I know I'm about to lose consciousness, and I just know—-

Please, somebody, please.

When I wake up, I'll no longer be who I was.

Can't somebody help me?

I can't seem to stop begging even though I know no one's there to rescue me.

Please.

And yet...

Please.

I could've sworn someone heard my heart crying out.

Please.

And answered me with the words I had dreamt of my entire life.

"Sei al sicuro."

You're safe now.