staring at the sun

Her mouth gaped open in feeble attempts to force some air into her lungs.
She was trying so hard to breathe, to move on from that frozen moment , and push the pain away just long enough to move into the next moment in time.
Her eyes slowly focused and the brightness of the world hit her like staring straight at the sun for the first time.
Waves of life rushed around her but she was stuck, regimented to her place, mouth open wide, desperately trying hard to breathe.
The pain wound it's way through her body, clenching on like a baby to it's blanket, twisting all that it could.

A single tear rolled down her cheek, slowly smearing her face with the sorrow she couldn't handle. A single tear, filled with the intensity of emotion, greater than the stars in the black night, mirroring the shards that were her broken heart.

And then the wave crashed down and the sun blazed into life.
A short, sharp gust of air escaped jer slid lips and her lungs shrank under the effort and pressure of remaining so rigid. The world turned and shrank beneath her. She felt his body over her, pushing her through theses motions of pain she was forced to accept, because she could not longer hold it in.
The world spun around her, the tables turned, the compasses switched their points, and she collided with the sun.

It was time to release.
The brightness overwhelmed her senses and glared through her eyes, blinding.
She had to let go.


Inspired by Tv on the Radio's song, 'Staring at the Sun', as you can probably tell.