Raven:
The first thing I felt even before I opened my eyes was a deep sense of weakness that seemed to sink right into my bones.
The bed I lay on was soft, and I didn't even try to get up or stand on my feet, already confident that I would be too weak to stand.
My eyes were heavy, but beyond that was a hollow feeling in my belly. My hand slid down instinctively, already aware that the baby inside me was gone.
My baby.
Surprisingly, I expected that I would break down and be inconsolable, crying my eyes out. But instead, as I stared at the wall, it was shocking to realize that I felt nothing.
Nothing at all.
Almost like everything that happened to me had happened to someone else and not me. Almost like my own body wasn't even really my own.
I lowered my eyes to the floor, staring at it as I fluttered my eyes closed. Trying to sleep was impossible.
