Survival

In this world, it's survival of the fittest. You either do anything to survive...or you don't survive at all.

The world is really nothing but a game of survival of the fittest. If you are not dominant, then the world just swallows you whole and that’s it; you are gone. Well, I will beat the world at its own game.

 

50 days. It’s been 50 damn days since I got stuck on this deserted island with a small dinghy, which had a few supplies, as my only companion. I ate what rations I had the first week, believing I would be saved. I didn’t. Afterwards, I tried to hunt for food on the island, except that most of it I threw up afterwards. I even tried my hand at fishing. I didn’t succeed.

 

So what was a starved person to do? I had fresh meat, and I didn’t even need to cook it. I had the little nutrition I needed, and it was better than eating the island food and just having to heave it afterwards. Could you blame me when I started to chew away my own arm?  

 

I was surprised by how tasty it actually was. Almost like salty fried chicken. The pain in my stomach growled louder, and I bit harder, tearing at the flesh on my arm. It was dripping with blood, but I just drank it. It actually wasn’t half bad. Like sweet, tangy cranberry cocktail. I could understand why Vampires, if they existed, lived on blood. Why hadn’t I just drank it sooner and save myself from this misery?

 

Moaning with pleasure, I ate more. I ate through the muscle to my elbow, watching bits of meat fall as I came to the bone. I gnawed on it, traveling downwards to my hand. I then started to nibble my fingers. I didn’t particularly like them. Not as meaty as my arm had been.

 

Dropping the bone, I worked on the shoulder, shivering as my teeth tore at my nerves. God, it felt good and tasted good! Why hadn’t I just eaten myself sooner?! It would have saved me a lot of trouble!

 

I laughed happily, picking away at the meat and eating…

 

I finished dinner when I reached my neck and accidentally snapped the bone when I was tearing at the meat and shoving it into my hungry mouth.

 

Like I said, this world is all about survival.

 

Author's Note

Yes, he/she (you can pick whichever you like) ate himself/herself. Well, it's my first try at cannibalism. Any comments?