Stuck

His brain felt like it was a piece of clay being fired. Thoughts piled up like silt, leaving him feeling muffled and buried. A thousand scenarios and a hundred identities flew through his consciousness, to the point where they didn't even register any more. His thoughts lacked structure. Nothing amounted to much. No feeling was stirred, no conclusion reached, seemingly no progress toward anything. It felt like a catch 22, to have his thoughts get traction required a new foundation, which required thoughts making a difference in the first place.

At the center of his mind there was a black hole. An event horizon of stress and pressure that exerted a pain like joints being pulled. It was as if some part of him wanted to escape, but settled for pulling itself apart.

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