When The Shadows Began To Dance by Yamaya Cruz

Author:Yamaya Cruz [Cruz, Yamaya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-01-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

"Dinner at six,” the attendant said before she slammed the door shut. I looked around the empty room. I had really set the world on fire. It was remarkable how my life went from bad to worse in a matter of minutes. I walked over and sat on my bed hunchback. I didn’t know how I felt. They had injected me with a bunch of shit. And then the next thing I knew I was committed to the psych ward at East Shore Medical Center. They told me that I had tried to commit suicide, that I had a violent outburst and attacked one of the night guards. But I didn’t remember any of it.

They had stripped me of everything: belts, shoelaces, and even my books. I guess they believed that I would beat myself to death with one of them. I sighed. This sucks. I thought that therapy was supposed to help me, but for some reason, it made everything worse. The memories were just too painful, and thinking about them aroused emotions that made me uncontrollable and violent. They put thoughts into your head, evil and wicked thoughts, a voice inside of me prattled.

I know, please don’t do this now. Just give me a few minutes of peace. I looked over at the digital clock on the mantle. It blinked, 4:30. I had plenty of time. The worse thing about being crazy and locked away was the time, I had too much of it. There was a tirade of thoughts going on in my head. One voice stood out. I jumped up, standing at attention like a soldier and perked my ears to try and concentrate on the voice. Was it mine? Or was it someone else’s? The explosion of voices made me feel lightheaded. I looked around the room confused. I sighed with relief when I realized that the sounds were coming from the clock radio. I must have left it on. I walked over to turn it off. When I heard it again.

“Nelly.” I flinched, like I had just placed my hand on a hot stove. No! It couldn’t be. Flustered, I adjusted the knob to try and get better reception. There was a whole bunch of voices, but they all sounded muffled, like they were drowning in a sea of static. Then I heard it, as clear as day.

“Nelly.” I jerked back and covered my mouth with my hands. I scurried to the far side of the room, like a frightened mouse. I couldn’t believe this was happening. Was someone really speaking to me through the radio?

“Nelly, it’s me.” The voice seemed to be yelling loudly over a vociferous mist. I lowered my hands, like a shield and walked closer to the radio.

“Momma.”

There was nothing.

“Momma,” I yelled again, hoping that I hadn’t lost her. “Nelly, I am here.” “Momma, you left me here, alone with the shadows.” “Shush, Nelly, you got to keep

quiet or they’ll hear you.” “I’m scared Momma, so scared.”

“I know baby, I know.

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