Platen

Who knew that even during an event where life stares you in the face, happiness can overwhelm you? I just wish it could’ve been a little less, painful.

The day started off just like any other day. Crawled out of bed, watched some ponies, ate some breakfast and got ready for work. I grabbed my car keys and headed out the door, shielding my eyes from the bright sun. I couldn’t just look down because the sidewalk was just reflecting the bright rays. I couldn’t help but complain because I knew the black leather in my car would burn my skin. But that's what you deal with living in a desert.

I was about a mile down the street from my work. I was sitting at a red light which seemed to last forever. With my luck, the light changed when I wasn’t paying attention, but ill tell you that I was at full attention when the semi behind me blew his horn. Don’t think i’ve ever hit the throttle that hard. I was so focused on getting out of the trucks way that I wasn’t paying attention to the traffic around me. A mistake i’ll never make again.

As my car pulled into the intersection another car horn went off, but this time it wasn’t behind me. It was coming towards me, towards my driver side door to be exact. There wasn’t even enough time to react, only to brace. Not even enough time to save my Rainbow Dash plushie I keep on my dash. Heh, ironic. Dash on the dash.

My vision went black, my body numbed, and I thought to myself that this was it. But I was wrong. I was close, but I was wrong. My hearing slowly came back and all I could hear were sirens and the sound of bending metal. I tried my hardest to move, but it was hopeless. My mind was running but something wasn’t right. I could think and hear, but nothing would function. Even if I didn’t die, I thought for sure i’d be a vegetable.

My mind started to black out again. The sirens and the bending metal slowly dissipated. All there was left was silence.