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Category: Writing and Poetry
Spencer sat in the hospital room
like he did every Wednesday.
He chose Wednesday because he knew
Rhonda had her church group on Wednesdays.
He had nothing to say to Rhonda,
and wished to avoid her altogether.
She blamed him for what happened to Julie, and sometimes
he agreed. It was a guilt that he never managed to overcome,
especially on Wednesdays.
"I miss hearing you talk," he said to Julie. "I miss a lot of things these days."
Almost three months after she fell into the coma,
Julie’s dreams kept her in the world of the living, if barely.
As Spencer sat next to her bed, he never realized
the possibility of the separate reality that existed in her mind,
or the part he played in it, transmuting, transferring,
all her unresolved, unrequited, and unrepentant love.
All he could know was his own existence and his own thoughts,
which these days betrayed him more often than not.
"Julie, I love you. I’ll always love you. But…"
Her eyelids pulsed—an action missed by Spencer whose own eyes focused on the smooth skin of her upper arm where it emerged from the hospital gown. Unbeknownst to him, Julie flew in a purple sky with the sea below her. She never felt such freedom before, such life. The dark ocean, which caused her anxiety in the other life, beckoned her until she dove like a swan towards the abyss.
"I have to go," he said. "It’s too hard for me to keep coming here, seeing you like this, knowing you’ll never be the same—we’ll never be the same. I’m sorry, but I just…"
She never felt the water as her body pierced the waves; the only sensation she felt was a warm pressure emanating from her teeth, as if an unseen force pulled her by her incisors. Headlong into the darkness, she noticed the stars on the ocean floor and found it strange she missed them before. This was where life began.
3:11 PM
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