Snapshot of the Soul.

The rain pounded outside the thick glassed windows, drowning out the sound of panic, dissolving the cloudy, blithe world of her dreams. The thunder sent a resounding ‘boom’ throughout the house, it shook her bones almost as much as the intruder, whose firm grip was quickly tightening around her throat as she struggled to get him away. The lightning flashed across her motionless face as she tried to breathe through a mouth that would no longer work. It lit up the room, like flash photography, and captured the tantalizing fear in her eyes, taking in her last moments. Taking snapshots of her soul.