Soulmate

I brood, on the journey. Indulging on the chance to idle. My body has been trying to catch up with my brain, and my brain has been trying to keep up with living. And all the while, my soul zipped back and forth. I'm barely holding up, and tears threatened.

I told him how I seemed to be moving in sludge.
'You're in a timewarp,' he told me.

'Why is my body so heavy?'

'Because you've been trying to lift your spirits.'

'You understand.'

'Yes I do.'

'They said you're not gonna be much help, that you're going to drag me down,' I whispered to him, 'I don't agree. All I know is, if I'm going down, no one can help me. But you, you will be there, holding me in the dark, because you understand.'

He reached out in the dark, reached out in his mind. I strained my eyes to see. It's still pitch dark, but I am no longer alone.