Nightmares of you

by Elizabeth McCaslin

I wake up looking at your back. I know you're not going to wake. I stand to leave and the room spins. I'm stumbling. Vomiting blood, it comes out thick.

I can't do this anymore.

I wake up looking at your back. I know you're not going to wake. I go to the bathroom. The door closes and I want to leave. I can't open the door. You're holding me back.

Please, I can't do this anymore. Help me.

I wake up looking at your back.

I can't leave.

Your love has me paralyzed.