I by Christopher Cole




I...

... (a loud noise)...

... (silence)...

... (voices)... (music)...

... (silence)...

... I...

It is cold and dark. I feel... strange.

> look
It is cold and dark. I feel... strange.

> x me
I have no memory. I feel lost and alone. I am lying down.

> x heart
I place my hand to my chest, and feel. I have no heartbeat. None at all. How can this be?

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

I remember a long, dark stretch of road...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

I remember falling for what seemed an eternity...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

I remember a loud noise, and then all was silence...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

> wait
Time passes...

Someone places a rose above me. Above the dark.

I remember now... a road... a crash...

I am dead.

I try to scream, but I have no voice...

I try to scream...

I...