Pain Descriptive Writing

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There's only pain, all encompassing pain radiating in crashing waves that threaten to drown me with every breath. Occasionally there's something else something, warm maybe, but it never lasts long before the pain rears its head and everything goes black again. I can hear muffled sounds, running or panicked dragging perhaps but nothing more than that. The one thing I'm vividly aware of is being laid down on a hard surface with someone calling me. I try to open my eyes but the pain is overwhelming, suddenly pain explodes from my cheek and I instinctively open my eyes. It's Mia she's standing over me with sweat dripping down her face mixing with the blood smears on her forehead as they make their rapid decent earthward. I can't concentrate as …show more content…

Tears now streaming down my face I manage to nod. With trembling hands I grab fistfuls of my shirt, grit my teeth and manage to stop rocking my body. Sweat begins to form on my brow within a few seconds, I can't keep this up for much longer. "This isn't going to be fun, that asshole shot you, but it was only a graze. Unlucky for you the bullet got lodged in your side. I don't have much but I have enough to get the job done," she sighs remorsefully. "J-just make the pain stop please," I beg through clenched teeth balling my fists tighter, trying to control myself. Mia nods and brings a bag into my view, pulling out a scalpel and a few other items before turning towards me. The gravity of the situation finally hits me, she's going to cut into me with nothing but a scalpel. My stomach is tying itself into knots and before I can do anything about it I find myself vomiting on the ground. Mia sighs before coming over to me and lifting the bit of my shirt that isn't clenched tightly in my fists. "Oh no," she mutters inspecting my wound. At her touch an agonizing pain flares and I can't help but groan in discomfort. Why should I even trust that she knows what she's

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