storyoftheday

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A voice echoed down the halls
Its booming sound rattled the glasses in the cabinets
And delicately painted porcelain clattered to the ground in shattered pieces

My footsteps echoed on the cold wooden floor
And my hands tore at the vintage wallpaper
The heavy sound of my breathing in my ears

Was this how it always been as a child
Back when I had hidden
Knowing the giant would soon come if I couldn't make it to the bath in time

I remember the fear, I remember the thrill
But I don't remember the heavy feeling in my stomach
As I close the door behind me with a bang

I see the portrait of me in the foyer
But I keep on going
Until I fall down on the dewy lawn

And cry salty tears
I'm scared, isn't it that
Not that old childhood fear but a real fear

Fear of the unknown
Would those gnarled hands wrench into his rusty old car
Would he just strangle me

Was this the end
Are these my last words
"Goodbye cruel world."

I swipe away the tears
With a soft hand
And whisper again

Hell
I'm coming
Heaven... I'm not worth it, am I

Once upon the time, there was a very short story. Oh look, it was this one!
The End