A light powdering of snow
White contrasting with the black
Skeletons of the trees against the hill
A untouched field of snow
No footprints or sign of life
Just me
Laying on the powdery snow
Cold against skin
Bare flesh
Reddened
Biting
Stinging
Cold
My chest feels heavy
The rush of the moment
Adrenaline fueled brain
Time seeming to slow
As my breath comes out in shallow puffs
Mist fills the air around me
Hot breath
Against cold air
Clashing
Contrasting
The warm on my cheeks and lips from my scarlet blood
The warm leaking from my eyes
Running down my face
Tears warm on chilled skin
Sweat beading on my palms
My hands sticky with red
Warm
Tingling
Shaking
Pulling the blade out
Standing
Scared
Terror coursing through my veins
And yet
Fearless
Hot
Energized
I run
I can catch him
I can fight
I haven’t lost yet
They surround me
Laughing,
Grinning
Evil smiles
Sadistic
Powerful blows
One after another
Metal comes in contact with flesh, muscle, bone
Snap
Broken
Bruised
Pain
I fall
A whoosh
Metal and silvery
Baseball bat flying at my face,
My eyes widen and shut just
At the last moment
My chest explodes
With hot breath
A scream
As the dark comes and hits me
Spikes of pain
Shooting up my side
All over
Pain
Pain
Pain
I feel sick
It's overwhelming
My head spins
Gut wrenching
On my knees
I cough
And blood splatters onto the snow
The cold
White
Pure
Untouched snow
Of the football field around me
Accented with red and black
Contrasting
It's dark
It's so dark
It's cold
The warm seeping out of my body
Out of my nose and chest and eyes
Evaporating
Into the cold around me
Pressing
Stinging
I lay on my back
In the dark
In the cold
Relishing every breath
Replaying every moment
My mind spins and spins and
The exhilaration
I grin wildly
I laugh
They’re already gone
They’ve been gone
When I first felt the spikes of pain
From the silvery blade in my side
From the blood and bruises
And the broken bones
Crushed fingers under shoes
And broken nose
Arms broken by a baseball bat
Rib cracked
Steel-toed boots..
The rush the pain the warm the cold
The contrast
It was fast
It was painful
Blood and sweat
And fear
The most I’ve felt in forever.

I grin their evil grin.

I loved it.