Monday, March 17, 2008

Never Alone

Okay, so I thought I would go ahead and post this one-shot I wrote (In case you're wondering, a one-shot is a short story, very short, in fact, what you see written here is the entire story.) I wrote it awhile back. Hopefully you guys think it's alright.

Never Alone
A One-Shot

An icy, stinging rain poured down all around her. She pulled her coat tighter around her frail, thin body but it didn’t help. Nothing helped anymore. She had no one who cared about her and nowhere to go. She felt so helpless, so alone. She was one in a crowd of millions; she was invisible.
Her breath came out in short quick puffs. She watched as her breath formed quickly into a little cloud and just as quickly dissipate. Her whole body shook as she cried. Her tears were lost; mixed in with the rain running down her face. Her clothes felt heavy, her shoes sloshed with every step.
She stumbled and fell into the flooding streets. She didn’t even bother to exert any of the little energy she had left to pick herself up. She lay there shaking. Her entire body stung with cold biting at her. She felt panicked but relaxed at the same time. It would be over soon. She wasn’t in the physical condition to live much longer. Her eyelids grew heavy, and her head felt light. She slowly let her eyelids relax until her eyes were fully closed.
She felt herself drifting off when she heard a voice. At first she thought she had just dreamed it and ignored it. Then it came again. She felt someone’s hand on her shoulder. She gradually rolled over and saw a man looking at her.
“Why are you just laying here, Jessica?” He asked.
How does he know my name? She wondered. She didn’t respond but instead just looked up at Him puzzled.
He gently lifted her onto her feet.
“It’s going to be alright,” He said.
“Who are you?” She asked. The first words she had been able to speak since her encounter with this man.
He looked at her lovingly. “I know you better than you know yourself, Jessica. I was there the day you were born and every day since then. You are mine.”
Under normal circumstances she would have felt worried and frightened. For some reason though, she felt extremely calm and at peace.
“I love you Jessica,” He said. “I love you more than you know. I died for you.”
Suddenly Jessica was in awe. She knew who He was. He knew she had made the realization. He embraced her in a hug. She cried on His shoulder because she knew soon it really would be over. Her pain and suffering was about to cease and eternal life and joy was awaiting her.
“Just have faith and follow me,” He said. And she did.

2 comments:

Mel said...

Wow, very powerful! Thanks for sharing!

Jo said...

wow.. who did you get your writing skills from.. I know it wasn't me.. Nice post...
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