Dark Days
An explosion. All I remember is the explosion. I walk outside to have a cigarette and the next thing I know, I'm on fucking fire. My clothes, my skin, everything burning. They spent hours last night picking my jeans out of my legs. My hair still smells like it's singed. What's left of it. It all hurts. I had pain medicine, but I think it's wearing off. I need more.
When I open my eyes, the sun is shining and I snap them closed immediately. It's too goddamn bright in here. It's too bright, my skin is on fire. I reach around blindly for a call light, for something to get the nurses' attention. It's burning my skin and it's already burnt. I start banging on my siderail, yelling out.
"Goddammit! Close the blind! Close the fucking blind it burns!" I yell out.
When I open my eyes, the sun is shining and I snap them closed immediately. It's too goddamn bright in here. It's too bright, my skin is on fire. I reach around blindly for a call light, for something to get the nurses' attention. It's burning my skin and it's already burnt. I start banging on my siderail, yelling out.
"Goddammit! Close the blind! Close the fucking blind it burns!" I yell out.