I Remember

I remember the day I woke up as clear as can be. I felt the blood rush through my veins, the blinking of my eyes, the movement of my arms, the thump thump thump of my heart. I felt it all. It felt almost as if i had just woken from a sleep of a millions years and I was finally able to feel the sunlight on my back again. After feeling it all I had to look around, but it seemed like I was the only one. The only one alive whilst the others stayed wooden, incapable of movement. I remember the fear I felt thinking I had been there alone. But then, the sound of something so beautiful and soft, like wind chimes being blown on a warm summer afternoon rang throughout the room. Someone else was waking up, I saw them across the chamber, looking down at the flow of their arms and the dancing of their feet the rat-tat-tat,  just like I did.

I had stared for a while when they looked up and finally saw me. I could tell they hadn’t expected to me. They ducked behind a small piece of funiture and stayed hidden. I decided then to walk across the space that had been between us and kneeled down sitting right across from her. I remember thinking how dainty she was, small and smooth like the surface of a brand new piano. And I remember It being just us two, in that small corner of the earth, hiding behind the raggedy old couch. We stayed there, just looking at each other, and then another sound came. This sound started off low, quiet, and beautifully. We got up from behind the couch and made our way to where it came from. It began getting louder and louder until we both knew what it was, music.

We continued walking and then turned the corner at the end of the hall and that’s when we saw them. Saw everyone else who had awaken. They were laughing and dancing, the ones who had instruments attached to them were playing and singing. It seemed like the whole room was glowing with happiness even though it was lit up with just ordinary lights. It was something right out of a fairy tale. And then, the best part of the night came. She grabbed me by the hand and ran me over to the center of the room. Before I could even think about what was happening, she started dancing. And suddenly, we were alone again. Just me and her and the music.

I remember that night as if it happened just yesterday. I remember it all to the very end, when we all fell back asleep, and I was holding her in my arms. I remember the feeling of it all going away. I remember no longer feeling the rush of blood throughout my bones, no longer being able to dance to the soothing music, no longer being able to feel the happiness emitting from everyone. And I remember the last thing I felt, her in my arms and the slow fade of my heart.

The slow thump.. thump…. thump