A Dying Plea

Dragging my heavy eyelids open set off a violent storm of agony that tore straight through my body and knocked the air from my lungs. Shock forced my eyes wide as complete numbness locked every limb in place. I couldn't feel my fingers, my legs, or the floor beneath my back—nothing existed except raw, suffocating pain threatening to end my life right where I lay. My thoughts swam in a thick fog, s