Damaged-4-Lyf

 THE STORM A story by A Stranger The sound of rampant footfall sounded through the halls, echoing off the walls and back to me. The pounding beats of my erratic heart flooded my ears and pulsed throughout my body in an irregular tempo. The wind outside howled loudly and thunder tore through the halls like a warning to all of the impending storm. All these sounds ran through my mind, loud, strong and clear. Yet  even these could not drown out the one sound that, though now far away, still coursed through my mind as a ghostly whisper, reminding me of that which I long to forget. Muscles aching in protest, I struggled to breathe air into m