The cloud seems darker all of a sudden
Dark
Dark as night
Dark. It was just 3…3 in the afternoon
The mood seemed strange
The shiver that went through me
What’s going on?
Why don’t I have reason to smile again?
I just knew something was wrong
I felt encompassed with gloom
Like dementors were hovering around and sucking the happiness out of my soul
I started hyperventilating
My heart palpitating
Throat dry
Palms sweating
Could something be wrong?
No…nothing is wrong
Just my nerves
Today is a good day
Pastor said so
Its a good one
He assured me
Its a good day
But….why can’t I shake this feeling
What is this that I’m feeling?
My mind?……I think I’m losing it
No!
Today is a good day
Pastor said so
Its a good one
He assured me
Its a good day
Then I heard that deafening roar
My house shakes to its foundation
I trip,
I slip,
I fall,
I scream,
but nobody hears
There’s nobody to rescue me
I roll down the stairs and end up outside
That’s when I see it
Something that looks like a white giant bird
Hits the newly weds house
Boom!
Everything blows to bits
It feels surreal
Everything is happening too fast and too slow at the same time
Then I scream!
Pastor!!!! this isn’t good
You promised!!!
Then the black smoke rises and covers the sky
That unmistakable smell of death
I can smell it
Then I close my eyes………
Written by
Falade Adebanke
Unachukwu olufemi onochie