Shadows

Sarah becomes something monstrous.

I’m not the same.

I can feel it, sense it.

I can taste it my soul on my tongue.

I feel blind and so unsure

of the world around me.

I ask myself why I even exist.

I don’t know.

 

“Sarah, what’s happening to you?”

“Nothing is.”

“Sarah, please, tell me. Are you sick?”

“No, it’s nothing. I’m fine.”

Jen stared at Sarah’s eyes.

They were ringed with dark circles.

“God, it looks as if you haven’t

gotten any sleep for days. And, jeez,

you’re so pale! Sarah you should see the doctor.

It might be something real serious.”

“Jen, I’m fine! Just…leave me alone. Please.”

“Fine. Have it your way.”

 

I don’t know what’s happening to me.

I crave blood. I lust the darkness.

I want to pull away and I want to

succumb to it.

 

Jen looked into Sarah’s eyes for a

few more minutes.

She saw something. Something she couldn’t name.

Jen looked once more. There was no mistaking it.

She saw a darkness, weak,

but growing behind Sarah’s eyes.

Jen averted her gaze from Sarah’s for the rest of the day.

 

It wants to take over, to take control of myself.

I won’t let it.

It’s draining my energy and making me weaker.

Soon it must feed…

 

Sarah wore black. It helped to comfort herself.

Jen came over, lunch tray in hand.

She asked, “Sarah, what’s happening to you?”

 

I don’t know.

I know what;

I’m turning into something else.

Something monstrous.

It wants blood and shadows.

Author's Note

A little story I came up with a long time ago. I had thought about developing this into an actual story, but I scrapped the idea. Sarah is meant to have become a vampire, although her transformation may have other interpretations.

Reviews

[Matthew Kult]

you should develop this further, Interesting story.

Great Read,

Matthew