Painless

• Gryffin Nicholas, Grade 11
• Short Story
• 2015

I am suffocating, the water twisting around my chest slowly enclosing it. My arms frail back and fourth trying to reach for someone, anyone, anything. My screams are muffled by the oncoming waves; I feel the water surrounding my body slowly pulling me under.

Breathing becomes more valuable as my mouth is no longer able to reach the surface of this great mass of water. All I can do is reach for the nothingness that surrounds me. I no longer have the strength for these massive body movements that keep me afloat. My hands go under and I reach towards the blue sun, it ripples, slowly dimming as I venture deeper into the unknown.

I am tired, just tried, I think I need sleep. My eyes are closing and I am no longer in pain. I can see a light, a white light. Strange I thought my eyes where closed.