Mardrömmar
Något jag har funderat på ett tag nu är mardrömmar, vilket jag har haft rätt många gånger på sistone. Jag har en tendens att minnas en eller två drömmar från varje natt, vilket kan kännas ganska utmattande när man vaknar, och oftast är det inte mardrömmar. Men ibland är det det. Det jag brukar drömma om då är ofta att någon eller några försöker ta sig in i mitt hem, eller någonstans där jag gömmer mig eller känner mig trygg. Och ofta är det inte direkt farliga människor (för det är nästan alltid människor, inte monster eller nåt), men de är alltid konstiga, labila, ryckiga och känns allmänt galna, med överdrivna gester och ansiktsuttryck. Det är riktigt läskigt. De försöker nästan aldrig skada mig, rent fysiskt, men det slutar alltid med att jag inte kan hålla dom ute, och de tränger in mig i ett hörn. Och då börjar jag hyperventilera för att jag är så livrädd, och så lyckas jag ofta väcka mig själv, men då ligger jag istället och halvgråter i sängen när jag vaknar. Inte okej.
Mail Slot
I click the remote, lazily watching the TV-screen. There’s nothing on, nothing going on in the world―nothing but death and war and natural disasters, that is. I’m so sick of it. Is there a point to anything, anymore? Or are we all just doomed?
It’s the swift movement of a shadow across my wall that catches my attention, tearing it away from the despair on the TV. I look at the blank surface of the wall, waiting for the shadow to reappear, before I decide that it must have simply been my imagination. I am very, very tired, after all, as always, unable to sleep.
I keep clicking the remote, not really aware of what I’m watching, anymore, just waiting, waiting for something to happen. I’m unfocused enough for my ears to suddenly start picking up on other things, small sounds that I normally wouldn’t pay attention to, in this empty apartment, late at night.
There’s a clicking noise, one that’s not coming from my remote. It’s right outside my window. Probably just a tree branch, I think, not bothering to look over there. However, when the faint clicking becomes a scratching sound, instead, and suddenly begins occurring with an almost suspiciously regular pattern, I slowly glance over at my window. It is closed, and it’s dark outside, and as soon as I look over there, the scratching stops. I wait. After another moment, I turn back to the TV.
It’s only a second, though, before the scratching starts again, slowly transforming into a hollow screeching sound, like someone dragging nails against the window. I flick my eyes back to it, and again, the scratching screeching stops. There’s a bit of a storm outside, the branches of the trees swaying, the wind howling, the rain pelting against the glass. But nothing there to account for such a strange, unnatural sound.
I turn back to the TV, suddenly wanting to focus with all my might on the newscast presenting another 82 casualties-bombing somewhere in the world I can’t pronounce. But as soon as I do, I hear the sound again. It’s slower now, quieter, as though the culprit is taunting me. But there is no culprit, I insist, as I swallow uncomfortably―just the wind and the rain and the trees.
But the wind and the rain and the trees can’t scratch my door, I think, as I suddenly hear something outside my apartment. I refuse to turn to look at it. It’s all in my head, and I am not about to encourage this already irrational fear. I tell myself this, as I deliberately keep my eyes fixed on the TV.
But the scratching becomes more insistent, more clawing and deep, as though whatever it is that’s causing it is trying to get in, now, rather than just get my attention. I swallow hard. The scratching continues, the clawing, the digging, and I feel my breath speed up, my heart suddenly beating louder. Why am I so scared? The sound could be anything. It doesn’t have to be something desperately trying to get into my home, some otherworldly creature out to get me.
But it could be, I think, and that’s enough for me to not look at my door.
Another moment passes, and I notice, to my relief, that the sound has stopped. I wait a second, before I slowly turn to my door. It looks normal, completely inconspicuous, and I feel myself relax. It’s gone. Whatever I imagined there is gone, and I exhale slowly, as I turn back to the TV. Perhaps I should go to bed, I think. This, if anything, proves that I need to sleep.
I get up and make my way over to my TV set, where I press the off-button, making my apartment go completely silent. I straighten, when suddenly, something catches my eye. A shimmer, over there, by my door.
This time, I cannot look away. Instead, I keep my eyes fixed upon my closed apartment door, and after a moment, I see another shimmer, realizing where it’s coming from. It’s the mail slot. The metal flap in front of it is lifting, ever so slightly, reflecting the sparse light coming from the lamp standing on the floor by the couch.
I wait.
When the metal flap moves again, I actually feel my eyes widen, and when the clawing starts again, I feel an icy pit in my stomach. This can’t be happening.
The clawing grows more conscious now, more intent, and I feel my whole body freeze in place. The mail slot opens fully, just enough to get something through, the clawing now accompanied by a hissing, wheezing sound.
And that’s when I see the shadow. It’s dark, darker than I’ve ever seen a shadow be, and as more of it emerges from underneath the metal flap, it begins to take shape. Its shape resembles a hand, at first, but as I watch, it begins to change, its black fingers curling into claws. I feel my heart beating faster, my breathing becoming quick and shallow, as I realize that a hand shouldn’t be able to fit through the mail slot. Or a claw, or whatever it is. It shouldn’t. The wheezing continues, and I suddenly squeeze my eyes shut in fear. This can’t be happening. It can’t.
I wait for a few moments. The wheezing stops, and I hesitate, before slowly opening my eyes again. The mail slot is back to normal, inconspicuous in the lamp light. I exhale. But when it all begins again, there is barely any time to react.
I watch as the shadowy black, clawed hand appears again, but this time, it’s immediately followed by more shadow, more blackness, as whatever this being is forces itself through the mail slot. I watch as the hand hits the floor inside my door, the unnaturally long arm connected to it following right behind, and the being digs its way inside, clawing and twitching with quick, unnatural movements. The mail slot doesn’t distort or change, but still, the creature pushes its way through, accompanied by the hollow wheezing from before.
This time, I can’t watch, and I actually feel the tiniest, terrified whimper escape my lips, before my body tenses, and I run. I cover the distance to my bedroom, where I leap into my bed and pull the covers up over my head. I feel my heart race, as I peek out from underneath the covers. I can see my front door through the open doorway of my bedroom, illuminated by the only lit lamp in the apartment. I watch as the shadowy creature twitches and settles on the floor inside my front door, on all fours, its limbs long and thin and skeletal, its skin transforming from shadowy black to pasty, sickly white. It looks strangely human, but at the same not at all, its entire body putrid and pale and vile, and I can’t see its face―if it has one.
I watch the creature as it wheezes and twitches, before it suddenly stops dead and turns in my direction. There is no face. That’s all I see before I pull the covers back over my head, cowering in my bed, whimpering, and I suddenly find myself reciting prayers and words I haven’t heard since I was a child. I hear a dragging sound, then a swift sweep, and I whisper louder to drown out the noise. And then, suddenly, it’s quiet. I hold my breath. Maybe it’s gone. Maybe I’m safe.
Then, the sudden coldness that spreads through my body makes me want to scream, but as I open my mouth, I feel the panicked sound catch in my throat, as though someone has stolen it away. The putrid, clammy skin that suddenly presses itself against my cheek makes the terror unbearable, and I widen my eyes into the darkness, as a hollow, androgynous voice whispers in my ear.
“Shh.”
Fudge you, sjukdom
On a happier note så kommer min kära storasyster hit och hälsar på ikväll :D Hon bor i Amsterdam, men ikväll landar hon i Sverige och ska hänga här i Västerås med mig ett par dagar, innan vi åker hem till familjen i Småland. Kommer bli nice. Hoppas bara jag blir frisk tills dess.

Out of sight, out of mind
Och så kul och konstruktiv tänker jag vara idag. Ha en bra söndag :)
Cherry Bomb
Mean
Friendship breakup
Jag har fått skit för denna inställning många många gånger, men jag står fast vid den. Relationer som inte tillför något, som varken en själv eller den andra parten får ut något av, bör avslutas. Man måste inte bråka och vara ovänner, men man låter det rinna ut i sanden, man släpper taget, för det finns ingenting kvar att hålla fast vid. Jag ser inget fel med det. Och det kan vara minst lika jobbigt som att göra slut med en pojkvän/flickvän, men det är för det bästa. Tycker jag iallafall.
Jag tror inte på dig
Peace & Love

Men jävla tvivel
Det är så tröttsamt att tvivla, på sig själv och på saker som händer, att vara så säker på att något bra kommer gå åt helvete att man inte ens lyckas njuta av det fullt ut. För man vet ju aldrig. Man kan ju aldrig vara säker. Jag vill inte tvivla längre. Jag vill kunna bara kasta mig in i det och vara glad över det, även om det inte varar. För varar det så är det ju underbart, såklart, men varar det inte så var det underbart sålänge det höll på, även om jag då hade rätt i slutändan. Jag önskar att jag bara kunde släppa tvivlet och njuta av det, just for now.

P.S. Som synes så har jag nu skitit i fotoutmaningen. För helt ärligt så slutade det vara kul halvvägs in och då ser jag ingen poäng längre. Rawrawr! :)
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