Family ties
783 Words
I feel a cold numbing in my body and I quickly opened my eyes expecting to see Jace and Ben but I’m suddenly seeing flashes of different memories of me and my dad. The memories are playing if I was in a theater all our happy times together surrounding me our amazing lazy days, birthdays, ceremonies, and even our holiday traditions. I walked to get closer to the warm memories and when I touch the pictures suddenly, I see my mother in all her heaven-sent beauty and with a soft smile she was offering me her hand slightly above me she’s floating on air her long flowy hair creating the illusion of wings. Her hands almost feel warm I can’t believe my mom is here this close to me. I want to reach out and have her hold me it’s been so long since I’ve had one of her hugs. It’s really her she’s even more beautiful than in the photos and videos! As I stare in awe of my mother, I get an unnerving feeling to look behind me and I see my dad a broken man standing over a grave becoming a shell of himself. My heart sinks for a second I thought it was my mom’s grave he was standing over but I walk over and see its my grave! No! This can’t be I can’t be dead! I can’t leave him alone he still needs me! I start to hysterically cry as I try to breath. I let out a growl at the image and try to make it stop I grab my dad but it’s no use “Dad I’m here!” He looks at me with dead eyes and no response. I let him go as I weep and take deep breaths” Stop. Please make it stop!”. I wince as the flashes of my parents hit me like a ton of bricks. They both need me. I start to breath heavily as my head becomes over flooded with memories and emotions. I scream “STOP! PLEASE STOP! suddenly the flashes of my parents stop moving and slowly vanish into dust, now I’m in the dark and alone I sink to the floor holding my head trying to push away the painful images of my dad and mom in pain. I cry out loud at the top of my lungs “Someone please help me I don’t know what to do!” I hear something and I look up to see my mother again at the other side of the darkness she is surrounded by a beautiful light. I start to cry more as I feel my body instinctively run to her, “Mom” I sniffle and try to wipe away tears I missed her so much I want her to hold me and tell me I’ll be alright I want my mom! She looks at me and suddenly her eyes widen in fear as she puts up her hands “STOP! NAMINE STOP! Baby please don’t...! Don’t come any closer Namine!” I stop dead in my tracks I felt a pain in my heart hearing her voice and suddenly the memories of her all came back and the feelings of longing for my mom to hold me worsened. I am at a loss for words as I choke back tears and tried to speak “Mommy?” My mom looks at me with a bittersweet smile as she softly spoke “Baby it’s not your time yet you need to go back now before it’s too late.” I look at her confused then I blinked and see that I’m laying on the floor in the forest I tears start to pour as I sob out “Mom… mom don’t leave me…Please come back…mom I don’t want to be alone…!” my mom must have saved me somehow but I can’t help my heart breaking from being so close to her. I missed my chance to be with my mom again I knew I missed her, but this only amplified my torn emotions of feeling abandoned by her all over again. I lay there sobbing like a baby for what feels like a lifetime I know I don’t want dad to be alone, but I don’t want to be without my mom either...
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