MY WIFE DIED WEEK AGO BUT SHE STILL SLEEPS BESIDE ME EVERY NIGHT,,,

I never imagined that losing my wife would turn my life into a nightmare i could never wake from we had been together for ten years sharing laughter secrets and dreams for the future she was my anchor the reason i smiled even on the darkest days but everything changed one cold autumn evening when she fell suddenly ill it was as if life itself had turned against me the doctors tried everything but nothing worked i held her hand every night whispered prayers into her ear begged her not to leave me and she smiled weakly telling me promise me you’ll never forget my smile i nodded tears burning my cheeks not realizing how haunting that promise would become

The night she passed i thought my world had ended but the nightmare had just begun at first it was small i would wake up feeling her presence beside me a whisper a cold touch and i told myself it was grief that my mind was breaking but soon i could no longer ignore it i would wake gasping for air feeling her lying next to me colder than ice her hand brushing my face her soft voice whispering i will never let you go i tried changing rooms sleeping on the couch leaving lights on but it never mattered she was always there pulling me into her grip that was tender yet terrifying

The first week was the worst i could hear her footsteps when no one was there doors would creak open by themselves and sometimes i would catch her reflection in mirrors standing behind me watching silently one night i woke to a shadow sitting at the edge of my bed her eyes glowing faintly in the dark the same smile she had asked me to remember now seemed like a warning i reached out to touch her but my hand passed through cold air it was as if she existed between two worlds neither fully alive nor fully dead

By the second week i felt my strength fading every morning i woke weaker my chest heavy my breath short it was as though she was taking pieces of me away slowly methodically and i realized she was not just haunting me she was drawing me closer to her world the nights became unbearable i could not sleep without feeling her presence pressing against me whispering that it was almost time she told me softly that i had promised to keep her smile alive and now it was her turn to keep me close

Then came the mirror incident i will never forget the morning i looked into the glass to wash my face and froze behind me was her smiling face and it wasn’t my reflection it was hers the horror hit me like ice through my veins i staggered back i knew she was not just a memory she was real she was here she had claimed a part of me already and now she wanted more i could feel her pull even in daylight shadows seemed to twist around me her whisper followed me everywhere telling me that soon it would be my turn to join her forever

I tried everything i prayed i begged i left the house for hours i slept in friends’ homes even tried rituals but nothing worked she followed me relentlessly she was everywhere i turned and the weight of her promise hung over me like a curse i could no longer distinguish reality from hallucination every shadow every breeze every cold touch reminded me she was near and she was patient she was waiting for the moment she could take me completely

Now i write this not for sympathy but as a warning if you lose someone you love and their presence begins to reach beyond the grave do not make promises you are not ready to keep do not tell them you will never forget their smile because sometimes their smile is the beginning of your doom and most importantly do not look too closely in the mirror because sometimes the reflection staring back is no longer yours it belongs to someone else someone who is waiting for you patiently silently and forever.