Her World Stands Still.

She is smiling. She is laughing like the rest of the people around her. The clinking of glasses, the joy in the voices, it all seems right. For once, it is all right. Alright. When was the last time it was? She shakes her head smiling to herself. She sighs and rests her back on the couch, closing her eyes for a moment.

She opens her eyes - for a moment she cannot comprehend. Then as the reality starts settling in, a tingling sensation runs down her back, and she finds her mouth agape. She feels the colour drain from her face and she feels her eyes start to well. The laughter and the words spoken, the merriment around her, the celebrations - in a matter of moments, they dissolve into nothingness. For a moment her world stands still. The words are consumed, sucked up by the air, and her ears turn deaf to every sound. For what her eyes see is to much to bear. She senses the blood rushing to her ears and a sharp pain that now consumes her head, seeming to make every effort to tear it into shreds.

As for her heart? She cannot explain. All she knows is she feels a hole in it, like on the seams its been tore apart. Like its empty now. Like its numb. Like it will never feel anything again.