Stories tagged “overdose”
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The tunnel
She lay there on the floor. she felt a little as if she was gently sinking into the thick shagpile. her head was swimming, and her breathing was becoming shallow. Her mind seemed to be drifting away, out, up, over away from her body. They were still in...
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Medicine
It used to be a good thing. My favorite thing. Now it rakes at my eardrums, dull aching in my belly, snakes in my skull licking at my brain. It is harsh and shrill most of the time, but it has its other disguises—low, soft but teasing, tinny, spo...
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Angel
When you work for the Medical Examiner you get pretty callous, and usually I can leave my work at work. But I was on a call a couple of days ago that still bothers me. The body of a woman in her mid 20’s lay on the couch. That she used to be attracti...
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Masked Ecstasy
It’s always the same, day after day. Go to school, get shoved into lockers during passing period because I’m different, because I dare to be my own person, and get picked on by teachers before going home to a house I hate, with parents I ca...
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Page
Every night remains the same, Unrivaled in my act of shame. Organized I sort these pills, Anticipation, I feel chills, Another living day filled with pain, It’s almost done with; ascertain My bottled hate, my captured rage Crumbled into my life&#...
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Road Less Traveled.
I play with fire. The fire is death, and the temptation courses deep in the synapses of my brain. There are numerous paths to travel on. The dirt road, it’s painful to travel. The rocks hit the car and chip away the paint. The highway is fast and...
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Make Your Choice.
I was freezing in that fridge. I was untouched. I am thankful you got me. What? You are crying. What is wrong? Here, take a drink of me. I promise I will ease this pain of yours. That’s it. No! Don’t break me! Oh goodness, I thought you wer...
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Friends are not friends.
Spinning Swirling Sideways Falling Turning Trying Tumbling Calling Overdosing, Not my choosing. You can blame me All you want. But I was pressured. Not my fault.