One Page Short Stories #3: It’s Fantasy

One Page Short Series is a story series created by Matthew Eng. Click here to see the Rules.

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It’s Fantasy
(12/11/14)

I’m braking every promise I made to myself when things started getting bad a few years back. People think they are so goddamn open-minded when it comes to life and love. I never thought it would get this bad. I can close my eyes and feel the small steel blade cutting like butter against the arterial highways of my body. But I know that’s all a fantasy. I’m hoping to keep that a fantasy. Who likes blood, anyway? I faint at the sight of blood. What would I do if I saw all of that coming out of me? Would I pass out from shock? From disgust of the blood, or disgust in myself? It’s hard to tell which one. That’s one guessing game I don’t want to participate in.

John dipped his head deep into the cold water. It felt good on his head, which felt like it was burning. He shook his head of the thoughts that ran through his mind like a freight train. He opened up the bathroom door in just enough time to sing happy birthday to his son.

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