jigsaw

Someone was crying but I couldn't see them. Why couldn't i see them? My eyes were shut. I tried to pull my heavy lids open but... but I couldn't. I tried to part my lips, to utter the words to ask but I couldn't move them. My body wasn't working. I tried to lift my hand, twitch a finger, move my little toe. Tried in vain. Suddenly I became aware of everything else. I couldn't see, couldn't move but I could still hear and feel. A relentless beeping quickened as my heart did. I could sense a woman next to me. She was slumped in a chair, sobbing.  I could just... tell. It was hard to explain but without my sight. The world became more alive. Soft sheets enfolded around me. It didn't take a genius to work out that i was in a hospital.

 

I strained to remember why. Flashes of light and sounds came whirling towards me from the back of my head. Jumbled together.

 

Racing through the town at great speed. Pushing through crowds, my head pulled back into a grey flannel hoodie. A blare of a horn and... and scarlet. The pieces of my jigsaw were in the wrong order. I felt like frowning. I couldn't think straight. The pillow my head was resting on was soft. I felt myself fading as the beeping slowed down to a steady rhythm.

 

"Hello errr.... Acacia" I woke with a jolt... or it felt that way. I listened hard. The sobbing woman was gone. There was a person in the room. It was a boy who had spoken. He had been at the door but was now walking towards me. No, around me, to sit in a chair.

"I'm supposed to be here and... well help you I guess"

huh? I didn't recognise his voice.

"Do you know who I am?"

 No, freak... Go away. Why are you here?

"I'm.... i'm lunch" he said

What on earth?!

"well... That's what people call me anyway" I wanted to laugh.

Lunch... righty-ho.

Author's Note

i'm 13 thanks for your time.