Loves' Only Affliction

Twenty-one

(Mumsys' perspective)

I knelt beside her and held her tightly, pulling her motionless body close to my chest.
I could still feel her heart beating, just barely.

My eyes puffy and my cheeks flooded.
Crying uncontrollably, shaking her roughly.
Praying with all my power that she might just wake.

She didn't.

Now shaking unsteadily, I attempted to lift her almost lifeless body.
But each time, I failed her. The more I tried the more tired my arms became.
He came briskly over to us and heaved her still but beautiful body as fast as he could.

Crying with contempt and frustration he sprinted effortlessly towards the large, obstructive door.

I remember the sheer panic racing all over my body.

"Was I ever going to see her again?"

"Was it possible that she was gone forever?"

"Was she going to hear me tell her I love her one more time?"

I could hear my heart pounding rapidly in my head, my blood streaming quicker than ever throughout my body, my veins pummeling my aching arms.

But all I could think about in this frantic moment of fear was Tommie.

How was he going to cope with this.
How would he carry on without her.

I know I can't.