Edward Piercy

Rising

Tuesday, 11. August 2009, 16:42:54

Everything moves slowly, oh so slowly, passes by or sits below me and
bends and waves at me slowly. Now the world above me glows faintly,
darkness turning to light. The darkness frightened me. There was nothing,
nothing except the feel of that which softly flows around me like silk
upon my skin, which flows around what passes by or sits below and bends
and waves with the flow.

It gets brighter above. I am glad the darkness is gone. The wire that
holds my ankle tugs, pulls me down. Then I rise a bit, pulled by the
silken flow, and again the wire tugs. I wish my ankle would be free of
it. I would like to move on, to flow with the silk, to wave goodbye,
goodbye to something, to that below and beside me. They are waving
goodbye to me, but I cannot leave, the wire holds tight.

A shadow moves above me. I think that the darkness has come again,
but it is not the darkness, it is a piece of darkness, a shadow. It goes
past me, turns a bit, and then it stops. Something falls. And another
thing falls. I see two blacknesses and from them each comes a ray of
light. The blacknesses move, the lights move. And suddenly I am hit by
a ray of light. And then another ray of light. The blacknesses move
toward me.

They are black and they wear masks and behind the masks are two eyes.
They turn the rays upon me, come closer. And closer. I am not afraid of
the blacknesses. They mean me no harm. They cover me with rays of
light. They come closer.

One of the blacknesses with eyes behind the mask has a shiny thing, it
is a hand with some shiny thing in it. And suddenly I tremble and I
want to scream. I feel another world upon me. You bitch, the voice
said. And the shiny thing came toward me, and then was pain, like a
fire in my stomach below my nightgown, I leaned forward and smelled the
whiskey, and he grabbed my neck and pushed the shiny thing in me again,
and again the fire. I tried to scream but I could only fall.

He carried me to the car and then there was darkness. And then dim light
and he carried me into a boat, a small green boat on a grey river. And
the boat carried us a ways.... And then he lifted me and I fell and hit
the dim silk, and I sank, and the silk carried me with it. And then I
felt a pull. A wire had grabbed my ankle.

The blackness with the eyes beneath the mask comes closer with the
shiny thing, and I am afraid I am afraid to feel the fire again beneath
my nightgown. But the blackness sinks and then I feel a touch upon my
ankle, a touch as soft as the silk around me. And then my ankle jerks
and the wire is gone, it no longer holds me.

I float up. The blacknesses with the eyes behind the masks float up
with me. Higher, and the light above me becomes brighter, and I am
happy to be free of the wire. I feel that which moves and bends and
waves below me say goodbye, and I say goodbye to them. I rise to the
light, moving faster, and am happy. I rise faster. Happy to at last
be rising.

(photo by Bernd Nies, www.nies.ch, modified)

Renee and Ed's Idaho AdventureLe Mozart Noir

Comments

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ellinidata # 11. August 2009, 17:20

a pure agony reading it......
please tell me it wasn't a dream

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 17:24

No, not a dream this time. Plenty of oxygen and consciousness on this one. (Which is a good thing?)

ellinidata # 11. August 2009, 17:29

always a good thing to have that oxygen ,always!

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 17:35

Feeling about 90 percent back today! Hip hip hurray!

ellinidata # 11. August 2009, 17:51

ellinidata # 11. August 2009, 17:52

I am off to 105F weather... I might be after 4 hours just 10% and just breathing...see ya later!

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 17:57

Have a good expedition through the desert. Take a canteen (or bottle) of water (or Evian) with you!

L2D2 # 11. August 2009, 18:32

That was scary.

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 18:57

Another in the Gothic mode. But I hope that it is somewhat uplifting also.

Thanks for reading it Linda.

L2D2 # 11. August 2009, 18:59

It ended on a hopeful note, but the ambience was grim.

PainterWoman # 11. August 2009, 19:18

Totally frightening! Gave me chills. Reading it, I had visions as if I were dreaming or on the verge of waking up and they were of drowning, being in a sinking car and not being able to get out and there only being a small space of air but the water was slowly rising.

I wish there was a shivering smilie.

Stardancer # 11. August 2009, 19:43

I've felt that sense of drowning at the hand of some malevolent entity, along with the sense of being tied down, unable to float free of it.

And then the fear of rescue, suspicious of any who try to help.

And then the movement toward the light, which in itself can hold peace and fear, learning to trust those who would help, looking beyond their masks to see the persons behind them, to see things as they are.

Well done, Edward.

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 20:42

@ Pam.

So....you liked it then?

Just joking. Thank you for reading it and for your comment -- always very interesting to discover someone's feeling about a story.

@ Star.

I am sorry you have had to experience all those things.

I hope that the reading was a positive experience for you and not just a reminder of bad memories you wanted to forget.

gdare # 11. August 2009, 21:38

Looked like a dream to me, too. That sense, when you try to escape and run but can`t.
It is good to know you are ok now

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 21:42

Thanks Darko. Feeling better, having some lemonade, getting on Opera...all's right with the world.

Stardancer # 11. August 2009, 21:49

Definitely a positive experience, Edward.

gdare # 11. August 2009, 21:49

PainterWoman # 11. August 2009, 22:56

Definitely liked it Ed.

edwardpiercy # 11. August 2009, 23:02

@ Darko

to you too!

@ Star

Kisses from Sasha.

@ Pam

I'm happy then.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 00:26

Originally posted by edwardpiercy:

Thanks Darko. Feeling better, having some lemonade, getting on Opera...

the combination always works for me too!

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 00:32

I've been totally into lemonade this summer.

I should be sitting on a porch in a swing with Catherine Irwin, drinking lemonade.

In Greenland of course. Couldn't stand the heat in Kentucky.

I wonder if Catherine has ever been to Greenland?

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 00:33

I am into green tea

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 00:37

Sitting on the porch swing drinking green tea with Johnny Depp?

I'd bet he likes green tea.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 01:38

Originally posted by edwardpiercy:

itting on the porch swing drinking green tea with Johnny Depp?

that will happen when he is old... now we dink cold/iced green tea in out pool, while swim naked

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 01:55

What's he gonna say to that now?

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 01:56

Well you could do all of those...

Me, I guess I've reached the sitting on a swing period of my llfe.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 02:04

Originally posted by edwardpiercy:

Me, I guess I've reached the sitting on a swing period of my llfe.

jump in the pool all! it is a pool party! (I was in one last Friday night )

and all drinks on me !

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 02:05

PS

we are all over 40 Eddie,
Johnny is 46

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 02:07

Humm. That looks like a Singapore Sling.

Okay, I'll sit by the pool for a little bit first.

Catherine wants a bottle of Bud though.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 02:09

we never say no.... and I want to know what Linda would like

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 02:11

of course I have to add a retro :

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 02:11

PS just because I am such a sucker for retro pictures

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 02:14

LMAO.

"Where there's life...there's Bud."

Funny, that's exactly what my doctor said last Thursday!

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 02:21

I thought you will appreciate it

1bluebox # 12. August 2009, 02:28

i've had dreams similar to this but haven't had the real-life experiences -- dear ed, do take care to drink lemonade slowly sipping it as if it were good whiskey (not bud).

all the best to you and kisses to sasha!

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 02:37

Angeliki, I do not drink alcohol at all. Except on a special occasion. Drank champagne punch at my son's wedding 8 years ago, and don't remember the last alcoholic drink I had. I love champagne, though. Had I ever been tempted to become an alcoholic, it would have to be on French champagne----I like Mumms

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 02:38

Wine and champagne.

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 02:44

@ Blue

Thank you very much from Sasha. And I'll try to keep that in mind about the lemonade -- although it might be too late for tonight as I'm on my 5th glass!

@ Linda

And vodka. Beer and champagne and vodka.

And rum.

(

just joking. I know you don't imbibe much.)

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 02:53

Absolutely no beer. Even in my drinking days I could not like beer. It is just nasty. The closest I ever came to liking beer was when they came out with Kreuger-Pilsner. Remember that? It had a lime/lemony taste

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 02:56

No, I don't remember that one. They do have new beers out though with that lime thing. I think Budweiser has one.

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 03:02

This was in the 70s I guess. Not sure if it was German or Hollandische.

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 03:04

It's Krueger Pilsner and was made by Falstaff Brewing Co. starting in 1965

Just found another site that lists G. Krueger Brewing Co. as the producer. Hmmmmm.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 03:06

Linda,

you just have to name it honey

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 03:16

We can celebrate with some bubbly!

Because it's -- Tuesday!

L2D2 # 12. August 2009, 03:19

Good enough reason. Everyone should pop a cork because it is Tuesday.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 03:27

happy Tuesday

for Linda:

for Eddie:

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 03:28

sorry too big (still a read head )

edwardpiercy # 12. August 2009, 03:29

I love Tuesdays.

I'm having a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Cake.

And that's not a metaphor.

ellinidata # 12. August 2009, 03:45

enjoy!!

I am finally without my teens around,
time for me to visit Scott's post and then go to sleep...
I always leave Sotty to visit when I am alone,
sometimes his posts make me tear up, or even curse !

Good Night