Teeth

Hell is real, I've seen it. Hell is real, and the way there as far as I'm concerned is as simple as falling asleep. There could be no other explanation. Nothing else makes any semblance of sense in light of what I know now. Something must happen, something beyond our current understanding of the mind and consciousness. I wasn't a believer, but now, now I have no other way of explaining that…

There must be a soul, or a spirit, or some kind of energy that exists within us. Something must give, it's not just chemicals and electricity. Whenever we fall asleep this part of us goes somewhere… These places they are like different realities. Our dreams are a reflection of those other realities.

A few months ago, mine went to what I can only call hell... I fell asleep and there was a dream I remember vividly. It was unlike any other dream I have ever had. I found myself in a place where things didn't make any sense, not even in relation to dreams. My body was bare and the ground felt rocky and jagged under my feet. In front of me there were black flames and impossible colors.

All I could do was look ahead, nothing more. Suddenly the ground shifted and rolled beneath me and my vision shifted downwards - An ocean of skulls swam beneath me. A wave of dread washed over me, sending real goosebumps all over my body. Suddenly a pain shot through my heels, pain that was too real for the dull sensations of nightmares. Somehow, I saw my feet - two skulls bit deep into them. I screamed, but no sound came out.

My fear became more intense, my lungs and heart pressed viciously against my ribs. I felt myself rising higher and higher into the sky, more pain came from various areas of my body. The sensation of teeth sinking into my arms, forearms, calves and shoulders burned through my skin. Claws dug into the top of my skull and the pain was so great the whole world was shaking around me, or so I thought. As I was beginning to fade in submission to my agony, I noticed a skeletal titanic form slowly marching towards me, like a mountain of death. With my sight heavily blurred and hearing distorted I could barely make up the hechatonkheirian shape of the skeletal giant.

The last thing I saw before fading into unadulterated darkness was the thing's building sized teeth moving towards me, enveloping my whole form.

I woke up, coughing and spitting phlegm, my chest was on fire pains similar to those of broken bones and torn muscles plagued my limbs and neck. It took a few minutes for my vision and body to adjust to reality and a few more for the pains to subside somewhat. It was unbearable for hours and I couldn't really move much during those first few hours after my mind shattering dream.

It took me days to get used to the constant sensation of pins and needles pricking into certain spots in my body. The sensation never left me. It remained as a constant reminder of something far greater than us lurking somewhere, at the edges of our perception of reality.

It took me a while, but I finally got myself checked up. The results came out today. My doctor said he had never seen anything like this before. Chills ran down my spine, forcing me to flinch as my sore organs protested against the influx of adrenaline when I saw the images.

Tooth shaped objects are seemingly lodged deep within my muscle tissue and just the thought of having teeth lodged deep inside of me makes my skin crawl with fear and my mind spin in odd directions.

Now I've come to accept that hell must be real, because its teeth are stuck deep within me.