~Stop the Pain~

[Valerie]

My ears were ringing as I curled into the foetal position. A scream so high and piercing, I didn’t even recognise that it was my own until I felt my throat becoming hoarse. I screwed my eyes shut as the lancing pain seemed to emanate through every part of my body. Breathing had become a difficult task all of a sudden, and my heart was in overdrive.

“Val,” I distantly heard mom’s panicked voice. I wanted to open my mouth or lean forward and seek her warmth but she seemed so far away.

I felt someone cradle me in their arms and I coiled at the touch. My stomach was a burning pit. I cried out as someone tried to pick me up. The pain in my joints and practically every single part of my body was excruciating. My heart was thudding wildly against the rib cage and it felt as if it would stop at any point.

“It will end soon….hush…” a soothing voice tried to soothe down the pain with their words. I tasted my tears as I sobbed although taking a single breath was becoming more of