Friendly fire

...and then it shook. - Shook? - I cannot describe it any better. All the dishes came tumbling down from the shelf, the walls closed in on me and the sky lay heavy upon the ground. It was as if Claustrophobia had come over for a visit. - And then? - Just as my ribs were cracking my world exploded. - ... And now? - Now everything is light. You're just the echo of a shadow, a memory maybe, a slightly different shade of radiancy. All is ablaze now. I don't know what that means...

 Maybe it means that things are about to get better? - Maybe it means I am dying. - Who said there was a difference?