A Seven Day Brew
1 I am running. Fear chokes me and my dry throat makes it even harder to breathe. Something unseen, yet dark and sinister pursues me ruthlessly. Suddenly, I am trapped. Gnashing teeth are tearing into my flesh. I stare up towards the sky and my eyes begin to roll back. From a distance, I can hear my bones crunch. The tormented wailing of a baby haunts me mercilessly. I can smell death all around me and a misplaced distinct smell of sweet vanilla. I hold onto that sweet smell as I feel my thick crimson blood gush out from my body and spill into the soil. ‘Mercy-’ I plead weakly. My eyes open wide as several sets of jaws attached to muscular midnight bodies wrench me from all sides and I feel my spirit drifting away… an angry red, a deafening black and a blinding white are all I see. 2 I wake up in my bedroom with a suffocating gasp, grateful to see the light of day. As I sit up, I notice that I am in a pool of sweat and urine. Luckily Chilu, my beautiful wife is not here to w...
