Pain - 21

He crawled onto his bed, tucking the sheets firmly in around his body. As he waited for the warmth to seep through, he worked on pushing each difficult breath out of his lungs. He felt the comfort of his sheets slowly ease its way into his bones. He relaxed and his mind drifted slowly off into sleep. As his exhausted brain wove its way through his dreams, his beleaguered breaths increasing between each interval until he inhaled his last shuddering gasp.

The dull red pain that had always sketched the edge of his thoughts faded at long last to a peaceful black.