HAUNTED
Carlotta Ferrer
Thud, thud. My heartbeat is loud in my ringing ears, can’t control it, and doesn’t let me think straight, there’s something I’m missing.
It’s so cold! I’m above shivering, though that might be out of fear- I am absolutely terrified. Their eyes are on me. My body is going numb with cold; maybe because I’m only wearing a cloak, I’m even barefooted! I can’t help trembling as violently as I am, they’re so close now- I can hear the blur of their whispers and I feel their hunger. I wish I could remember.
The wind blows again, stronger than before, playing with my long hair, making my cloak caress my skin. I keep walking forward, towards God-knows-what, can`t let them get me. And yet I know nothing good awaits in the end of this dark road.
I give another shaky step, I can barely see through my half-blinded eyes, filled with salty tears as they are. No sob escapes of my mouth, my breathing is too shallow, I’ve got no voice.
My mind is blank, it must be, any thought other than putting each foot in front of the other will make me lose my mind. Even looking at the grimaced trees frightens me, I see them everywhere. But I can’t help the feeling that there’s Something, something my mind’s hiding from me, but I just don’t know what, every time I think I’m about to catch it, it slips away.
I hear another set of footsteps walking towards me, I freeze. I try to swallow so I can breathe enough to scream, I fail. My heart is bumping hard and fast- almost out of my chest-, it’s becoming painful. I dare not look backwards; I know it’s Him looking for me anyway. I can hear him so close. They’re coming, they’re coming! I feel the heat uttering from his body, He’s reached me, found me at last, there`s no way of running. A breathless shriek comes out of my mouth, my heart stops for one second. This is it, the end I’ve feared. The something’s coming back, I almost have it.
I wake up sweating and gasping desperate, shouting my soul out. My mind swirls around like crazy, until I realize it’s been a nightmare, again.
Carlotta Ferrer es una joven mexicana que ama las letras, su obra pretende correr el velo de las musas.
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