Canyon of the Mind

         She took a deep breath in, held it within her as if it were her own, then slowly with remorse, let it go in a heavy sigh. Something inside her had said in a whisper "I was never yours to keep". She knew this to be true. She knew many things such as this to be true, but that didn't stop her from asking "Why?".
         "Why....you always ask why" repeated a voice in the distraught tone she was so accustomed to hearing. He always had that tone of voice with her. A tone that was becoming more and more filled with undertones of annoyance rather than genuine worry as the years went by. She began to wonder if he actually started to lose interest in her well-being. That thought alone was enough to keep her up at night and become friendly with the shadows surrounding her.
         "W-what would you do....do if you were in m-my position? Wouldn't it drive you mad? To never...be able to....to never"
         "To never do what?" He quickly snapped at her. "To never live like a normal human being? You're being ridiculous and insensible. What the hell do you think limits you now? Your family? Your friends? Me?" Realizing he had made tears well up in her eyes, he quickly straightened himself up a bit and softened his tone. "You know I am trying my best to understand this... right?"
She vaguely nodded.
"And that it really doesn't help when you break off into these....these....delusions!"
Delusions, delusions delusions. Was it a delusion? Was it something made up? No. She knew that it couldn't be. In her mind she felt that was just as impossible as living forever. Impossible; like keeping her breath forever.
          Staring into his eyes, she bit her lip fiercely in an attempt to keep this connection. It was no use though. It never was. She made note of the face of the clock just behind him, and realized that it was 11:44.
"How can such a beautiful device hold such malice towards me..." she thought. Closing her eyes she felt hot streams pour down her face. She didn't want to open them and see what came next, all she wanted was to sew her eyelids shut forever and sleep.
          "Those eyes are not yours to keep shut and you know that, don't you?"
This new voice startled her, causing her to open her eyes and look around. She judged these new surroundings. It was at the edge of a cliff she stood, and stood very still. Fear can paralyze you when it so pleases, and for this reason her muscles ached the way they do when suddenly forced to keep still, even though everything inside of them wanted to collapse.
"I....I.......w-what...." she tried to speak but it felt as if there wasn't enough blood in her entire body going to her brain.
"Its strange to find you so startled"
The wind on her body seemed to be what was carrying this booming, yet elegant voice that would fade in and out of audibility.
"Everything in you....knows what I am going to ask you. You will listen eventually. They all do."
Now unable to breath, she prepared to take a step forward and plunge endlessly into the deep abyss. The canyon of the mind.....