PERFECT ILLUSION
944 Words
The world is aquiver.
Shaking. Blurring at the edges.
I can’t tell up from down.
I’m not sure if I’m breathing.
A claustrophobic, blinding light ensnares the universe.
I choke as I am pulled apart, as I slowly explode from the inside out…
The pain is unbearable, building, building, building --!
A scream is torn from my chest.
Quickly, shadow falls, washing away the blinding sharpness of the sky.
A moment of silence. Then everything shatters.
A sweet, smooth, mellifluous music flows gently through the glass.
The mirrored edge of the world has broken into a million pieces, too thick to ever see through, but still the music comes.
Relief floods my existence.
The dulcet golden melody washes over everything, leaving a sort of glow in its wake. Honeyed, sweetly mellow, liquid, rich, smooth, euphonious. Slowly, slowly-slowly, I emerge.
This feeling, I can’t capture it with words.
Standing, solitary, in the sweet golden glory, I remember.
Homesickness floods me.
I am longing for a place that never was, I realize.
Never.
Always.
Alone in the vanishing mist of harmony, I begin to cry.
I’m still crying when I wake.
The powerful longing feeling of the dream stays with me, lingering, unshakable, in the air.
i opened my eyes and bolted up as i registered my surroundings. where the hell am i?
"Thats right sweetheart you are in hell" a mysteriously familiar voice spoke
instinctively my eyes followed the voice and a gasp escaped my lips as i saw the figure that stood in front of me.. He had tousled wet dark brown hair as if he just came out of the shower, which was thick and lustrous. His eyes were a mesmerizing blend of grey and other one deep ocean blue. His face was strong and defined, his features molded from granite. He had dark eye brows, which sloped downwards in a serious expression. His perfect lips ripe for the kissing were in a sly smirk.my then trailed his heavily lean body and 6 pack abs and just down the waist a black towel was tied.
"stop checking me out roseangel" he stated as matter-of-factly.
"i...i..i wasn't checking you out" i quickly defended myself. the stranger raised an eyebrow.
i rolled my eyes.." who are you? and where am i?" i asked confusingly as i looked around the room i was in..it was anything but a normal room...it was huge with not much furniture except a gigantic chandelier that hung just above the king sized bed i laid in and it was red..like wallpaper, the carpet the chandelier lights that flickered everything was just blood shot red.
"i didn't expected you to be so naive..its me the devil..Lucifer.. ring any bells" i stared at him in bewilderment.
but arent devil suppose to be scary, ugly and red with bull horns...i opened my mouth to speak but preferred not to say it aloud. "really? did you actually believed that concept.." i shrugged..yes! thats what my mother taught me ...he flew his hands to his head disbelievingly.
"oh god..well yeh you humans as dumb as fuck..well anyways im not ugly horned monster as you can see im more ripped than brad pitt" he flashed his pearly white teeth and flexed his muscles.
"can you please stop reading my mind!" i said clearly annoyed. " now can please talk about whats happening?" the devil than clicked his fingers and in front of my sight he was dressed in a neat black tuxedo.
i stared at him dumbfound..."okay ms.perez..lets talk business shall we..." i nodded. "so last evening you testified consciously and willingly that you would trade your soul and live with me in exchange of your husband and your child.."
"but..how do i know there happy and alive."
" i am a man of my word...you see once in a year...you get free soul tour to your loved ones on earth..thats how you'll see them"
"where am i?" the devil is not surely a man
"in hell ms.perez living with me in my great mansion..i'll give you tour soon"
is this a dream? it cant be real roseangel!..my heart started to pound wildly and i know now too well enough that this is definitely not a dream..
"it would be hard to accept at first but you'll get use to it." he said smirk never leaving his lips. tears started to flow when the realization hit me. its a mistake!!!what have i done..they were never coming back..it just just a devils incarnate his job of luring people in doom.
"yo..you lied to me you deceiver you manipulated me to give in thats your job thats what you do" i shouted at him and stood up
"you really are a cunning bitch...well thats good now that you know the truth"
"no...no i want to go back now" i screamed at him. panic gripping me.
he circled the bed and fabricated a thick chain from basically nowhere and grabbed my ankle i thrashed and shouted but it was of no use he was stronger than me he clasped my ankle to the bed and sealed it with the heavy chain.
"itll hurt you more if you move.." . i yelled in pain as the chain begin heating up and burned my ankle. "stop..stop please" i begged and it returned to its normal temperature. "be a good girl and youll be treated like a princess" i stared at him with utter despise..he smiled and left the room..i hugged my knees please forgive me God! i cried until the darkness took over me
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illusion(Noun): a false idea
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