TRACES SPRING 2017 | Page 53

According to the nurse I just showed up at the hospital door, lucky to be alive. The last thing I remember is the shine of those Hazel eyes. Shortly a doctor arrived to assess my condition, his eyes were Green. He explained the severity of my situation andwith vivid detail the intensity of my head smashing against the asphalt with a blow he said “Should have been lethal.” However the Green of his eyes stayed the same. No emotion or desire in his eyes, unlike the nurse had before him. His eyes were filled with simply — boredom — I hated him for this. The boredom in his eyes sparked a fire of hatred in mine. I awoke still shrouded in a blanket, however this blanket wasn’t cold it was warm, yet heavy. My eyes ached with the touch of light and Oh! How my head throbbed with pain! My breathing labored on, just as I drug my feet through the snow. A small yet capturing figure entered my field of view and as it drew closer. My eyes readjusted to the light to align the blurs to create on image of a soft nurse. She was bathed in the light of the florescent bulbs above. She looked at me with eyes so similar yet so different. Eyes that are loving and caring like the endless sea of Hazel I remember so clearly. These eyes however were Blue. They lit up when they noticed my stirring. I felt a rush of pain as I tried to stir from my broken slumber and confusion. I closed my eyes to picture those endless seas of Hazel to take the pain away. But I was quickly snapped back to the harsh realization that the Hazel eyes were gone and I was confined to a hospital bed, kept alive by only a breathing tube. Did you enjoy this excerpt? If you did, you may want to read the whole 25 PAGE SHORT STORY! You can click here to read more!