Thursday
9.30 am
My eyes are red, itchy and
glassy. I wish I could scratch them, but the possibility of losing my
sight prevents me from doing so. God, what happened? It was supposed to
be a good day, but it starts with a twitch of/in my eyes. Old people say
it means someone misses you. But you know me. I'm very skeptical about
superstitions. I try to ignore it but the burning sensation forces me to
give up. Finally, I scratch them.
12.15 pm
The
pain has shifted to my throat now. The phlegm resides there and refuses
to leave its comfort zone. It doesn’t matter how many times I've tried,
the mucus lingers in my throat. Sometimes I can feel it reach my mouth,
if I cough hard enough, but then it goes straight back to the larynx. I
feel uncomfortable as the people around me start to get annoyed with my
continuous and disturbing bark.
15.45 pm
It's
been more than six hours since the symptoms started. I don’t show any
signs of getting better. Now it’s/I’m even worse, I can’t breathe. The
bronchioles in my lungs seem to be shutting down the path of the air
through my lungs. My chest is constricted. I'm
wheezing like I'm
having an asthma attack. My brain keeps wondering why all of this is
happening today. A sudden flashback reminds me
realise it all started this morning, when I got your message saying you
wanted to break up.
-Mikael Setiawan-
081015
Coffindo
CS Bandung Writers' Club 2nd Meeting
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