Next To Me

I wonder if anyone else feels like this.

| Of course, someone else does!

Yeah, but...

| You’re not that special. Chill.

HA HA. Funny.

| All I’m saying is be grateful that you’re breathing.

What about the moments when I can't and my breath catches?

| Just keep going. Keep trying.

But I wonder if anyone has felt like THIS...

| Try to explain.

My brain is slowly crushing me.

| From the inside out?

Exactly. But then there are these... moments.

| …

I breathe in and then let out the deepest, most delicious sigh.

| Go on.

Every cell in my body feels like it is flipping over. Refreshed and renewed.

| Sounds… Unique.

Every moment after that is just building up to the next.

| The next what?

The moment when I need a second of freedom from myself. Until then... It’s hell.

| No, it’s not. I stand with what I said. Keep going.

You’re freakin’ crazy. How do I make it stop?

| You don’t really want it to stop.

And how do you know that?

| Because it’s your brain hard at work. To keep you here. Next to me.