Craving The Wrong Brother
Metal sliding.
And then he bends toward me, reaching for my glasses and taking them off.
A soft blindfold replaces the glasses, and suddenly, everything around me is dark.
As he tightens the blindfold behind my head, I realize I probably won’t do well as a blind person.
Darkness swallows everything. Not just the room, but time. Sound. The safety that comes with being able to see what’s coming.
Without it, my breath shortens. My body tenses. The terror I felt earlier, that strange blend of curiosity and fear when I first walked into this room, multiplies—folds itself over and over until it’s pulsing in every nerve ending.