It's hard to feel someone else's pain, no matter how good a friend you are of that person. I have tried to capture some of that here. Please keep your comments coming, coz everyone is here to learn and improve.
I don’t know what to do. I am lost. I am in a daze. I am absolutely blank. I can’t think. I can’t talk. I don’t want to go anywhere. I don’t want to see anyone. There’s no one at home. And I am caught in this gigantic, twirling twister. I am going round and round. I can’t open my eyes. Things are happening without me wanting them to. Everything is out of control. I feel so helpless. This person sees me as a brooding romantic; the others see me as this vivacious young man who is full of life, some one else sees me as a no-nonsense, hard to please person, while some see me as a funny, easy going, friendly person. Who the hell am I? Which is my true personality? Am I cheating myself or am I cheating others?
Why can’t I be myself all the time? But what exactly is being myself? Damn! As if there were less problems already in my life. My head is spinning wildly. How should I put an end to all this? How does it feel when you love a person so much, but then it all goes to waste? Some tend to think only they have problems. But hell, it is a huge thing for me, no matter what any other person is going through. Is this too trivial an issue to even think about? Oh hell NO. Why do I feel like this? I feel like I have been publicly stripped naked and humiliated. And there is this really really sharp pain shooting through my body.
Even the songs I love to listen to seem to be getting over sooner than usual. I have become this mess. Its like I am trapped in this huge, sticky web. The more I try to get out, the more trapped I feel. I want to get a tattoo. I want to see how much pain I can bear. I drink to feel good. But I hate puking after that and then the bloody hangover, which makes you, even sicker. I want to do something so exhausting that I just don’t have the strength to think about any damn thing.
Aaah, I have just spotted something. Just the thing I was looking for. A song keeps making rounds in my head. “If you were not the one, then why did you make me fall in love with you.” Anyway I don’t care anymore, I have finally found the one thing that has always loved me and I have loved it. I hold it close to my heart. With one swift slash, I make myself feel like I am on the top of the world. Another cut almost gives me an orgasm. A third one makes a colorful pool around me. A fourth one and I know I have overdone it. I don’t feel high anymore. Suddenly it seems like someone has switched off the lights in the room. With every passing second, I come an inch out of the twister. Haha, can’t toss around me anymore, huh? But it feels like I am being transported to another world that was sound proof, because I am sure I saw some very familiar people around me screaming frantically. But hell, I couldn’t hear anything. Thank god, otherwise it would have spoilt my trip. But before I went to sleep I had smartly slipped my blade into my pocket, for later use.
But somehow I didn’t need it after that. I wonder why?
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Hi TT Written by givitsum (651 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | Dear TwistedTales. I must admit, by your name I was expecting something along the lines of Tales Of The Unexpected, with a clever twist at the end. However, I think you're right, it is hard to fully appreciate what others really feel, especially inner pain. There seems to be an awful lot of doom & gloom around just now. Not my cup of tea, but look forward to your future posts. Givitsum | thats life.... Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | I think if you looked deeply through someones earhole into thier soul you would probably see more gloom than joy... thats the way life is.... this writing then just reflects reality... that having been said, if anyones got any spare joy they don't want.... enjoyed it TT, well done | Sadly.... Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | Me too. Unfortunately I find yet again I have to post a less than enthusiastic response and agree wholeheartedly with Chris, above, I'm afraid I found this a touch too dreary and depressingly predictable for my taste. Is there just a chance someone can come up with something original beyond the perpetual introspective angst that log jams the Short Story site at present? Threre is a whole world out there somewhere, and a good proportion of it does not even involve human beings, never mind individuals and their everlasting personal preoccupations. Shame since the writing seemed competent enough. It just goes to prove Jimmy McGovern's recent lament' We don't need any more writers. What we need are stories' I am sorry if this appears weighted on the negative side. That is because it is. You certainly get a plaudit for having a go. My compliments to you. | Thank u all for your comments Written by TwistedTales (548 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | Thanks Givitsum, Leo and GC for your comments. And GC - 'We don't need any more writers. What we need are stories' - I couldn't agree with you more. Little dreary and depressing, yes, but hey that's part of life too i guess. Anyway thanks again. I really appreciate it. TT | Thank u all for your comments Written by TwistedTales (548 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | Thanks Givitsum, Leo and GC for your comments. And GC - 'We don't need any more writers. What we need are stories' - I couldn't agree with you more. Little dreary and depressing, yes, but hey that's part of life too i guess. Anyway thanks again. I really appreciate it. TT | Sound reply.. Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | Well done Twist for responding so positively to criticism. You are one of a few. Though, believe me you may find it your most valuable asset as a writer. Now. How about something else. As they say' And now for something completely different '. I see from your details you are in India. What a fabulously rich and fascinating country. Why are you writing about boring Western self absorptions!? Surely so fabulous a culture can give us something more entertaining? Best short story I have read on this site is Iehoma's ' Pastor Saul Bottoms' Up '. He/she? is from Nigeria. Have a look at it. Super acid wit from the so called Third World. How about an Indian joke? [ And I don't mean Pakistan ]. Slan! | Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3369 comments posted) 12th August 2006 | There are two types of writing; writing just for youself as a sort of personal therapy and writing for entertainment of others which means it has to have some resonance with for others. Both are valid but only one should really find a home on this site. I feel like I'm reading someone else's mail,not meant for me cheers BBS | Written by stellafly (7 comments posted) 3rd April 2008 | | I can see why people are saying the content is a little dreary - but half the time the best selling books out there are full of doom and gloom. I don't think that's right at all, but I do think your writing is excellent, and it really captures feelings and emotions that everyone of us has had at some point. That not knowing which one of you is the real you - I'm glad other people have felt that too, and I'm grateful you can convey it so clearly and concisely here. Really good. |
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