Agad nilang tinakpan ng telang puti ang sugat ko sa dibdib habang binubuhat nila akong lahat papasok sa loob ng kanilang bunker. Narinig ko na tinatawag ng isa nilang kasamahan ang lalaking pilit akong kausapin. Ang pangalan niya ang Dwell at ang isa niyang kasamahan ay si Bane Cane. Hindi ko alam ang pangalan ng lalaking bumaril sa akin. Naririnig ko sa aking likuran ang pag-iyak ni Arrya habang tinatawag nito ang aking pangalan.

“I wanna—”

“You want what, dude? Hang on,” sagot sa akin ni Dwell.

“I wanna go home,”
Sa aking sinabi ay hindi ko alam kung bakit silang lahat ay napaiyak.

Napupuno na rin ng aking dugo ang kanilang mga braso dahil sa walang tigil sa paglabas ng dugo mula sa aking dibdib. Walang humpay sa kakapaumanhin sa akin ng lalaking aksidente akong binaril. Matagal na raw kaseng mayroong mga Killer Lizard ang naglilibot sa kanilang bunker kaya nang makarinig silang kaluskus na ginawa ko ay agad nila akong binaril.

“I w-want to go home with Kelly—” nahihirapang sabi ko pero pinapatahimik ako ni Dwell.

Ilang saglit lang ay naramdaman ko ang huling paglabas ng aking hininga mula sa aking baga. Ang buo kong ugat sa katawan ay unti-unti nang namamatay dahil sa kakulangan ng oxygen. Ang utak ko ay unti-unting natutulog dahil sa kawalan ng dugong pumapasok sa mga ugat sa aking utak.

Hindi ko na rin magawang maigalaw ang aking kalahating katawan at kahit piliting lumaban ng aking puso sa pagpintig upang buhayin ang buo kong katwah ay hindi pa rin nito kayang iwasan ang matalo ng kamatayan. Nandidilim na ang aking paningin at ang aking pandinig ay unting-unting humihina.

Umaalingawngaw sa buo kong pag-iisip ang pagsigaw ni Arrya sa aking pangalan. Naririnig ko ang lahat na nagtatalo kung ano ang gagawin nila sa akin upang panatilihin akong buhay.

I tried to fight for my life. I tried to fight for one last time. I need to go to Headquarters and get married with my future wife. I could see her face right now, smiling while I putting a ring on her finger. I’m  having a vision right now, I could see her closing her eyes while our both lips collided with each other, we both cried in our most special day in our life. I could see her with our future kids. Two boys and one girl. She became a good mother to her and she became a good wife to me. I could see the faces of Kylvin and Kinoto laughing and celebrating because I’m finally home. They hugged me and they looked like fool making those goofy expression. All of a sudden, someone holding my hand. I saw a vivid face of Pauline. She was smiling at me. She gently hugged me and I hugged her back.

“You’re exhausted,” she said.

“I am,” I answered, “ really I am.”

I tried to breathe hard but I couldn’t catch any air now. It felt like there’s  no air left in the world. I was gasping, I tried to survive but my body telling me that it’s  okay. My body telling me that I need to rest. My body telling me that I did a great job. Never in my wildest dreams that I would feel this kind of feeling. That was the feeling I was searching since I was in the stage of adolescence. A great rest. Suddenly, the world went quite.

Talk Me Down
By: Troye Sivan

I wanna sleep next to you
But that’s all I wanna do right now
And I wanna come home to you
But home is just a room full of my safest sounds
‘Cause you know that I can’t trust myself with my 3 a.m. shadow
I’d rather fuel a fantasy then deal with this alone

I wanna sleep next to you
But that’s all I wanna do right now
So come over now
And talk me down

I wanna hold hands with you
But that’s all I wanna do right now
And I wanna get close to you
‘Cause your hands and lips still know their way around, ooh
And I know I like to draw that line when it starts to get too real
But the less time that I spend with you, the less you need to heal

I wanna sleep next to you
But that’s all I wanna do right now
So come over now and talk me down
And talk me down

So if you don’t mind, I’ll walk that line
Stuck on the bridge between us
Gray areas and expectations
But I’m not the one if we’re honest, yeah

But I wanna sleep next to you
And I wanna come home to you
I wanna hold hands with you
I wanna be close to you
But I wanna sleep next to you
And that’s all I wanna do right now
And I wanna come home to you
But home is just a room full of my safest sounds

So come over now

And talk me down

And talk me down

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Troye Sivan