i awaken from dreams of falling through cobwebbed corners of humanity and get groggily out of bed. my house collapses as i leave it which surprises me as it has never done that before. the thoughts in my head are still screaming and racing about wildly and finally collide and explode, leaving my vision strangely clear for the first time in a while. people surround me and are laughing at my stupidity. but i convince myself that they are not real, and thus they blink out of my perception with not even a puff of smoke, though what irritates me is that their laughter still remains. frustrated, i throw myself at the ground and miss, and soar upward and downward at the same time (it's all relative). i am suspended over an inky black sea, and shiver as the wispy grey clouds fly freely around me. again i am surrounded, and my newly clear mind is a playground for the swarms of souls around me, fighting to get inside and tear chunks from my brain with their teeth. wary of the ethereal, i shake them loose, and run away down a cracked forgotten road. soon i come to the end, but there is always space beyond. knowing this i jump away over the thick thorny branches and land in the centre of a desolate town, long abandoned by everyone but the rats, lizards, and snakes. a rainbow is above me, shining in countless shades of grey. i have always been fascinated by rainbows, and i stare up, enthralled. the rain begins to pour down on me, but i stand still, arms outstretched. as the acid rain melts me away, i utter your name, and all the pain seeps away, beyond the darkness which envelops me until i choke.
