How to feel alive.

"And I feel alive. Feel alive." 

We whisper the words back, growing anticipation when the words come to an end.

"And I feel alive. Feel alive." 

We grow a little louder, desperately filling the silence with our voices.

"And I feel alive. Feel alive!" 

No longer a whisper, just a little above normal talking range.

"And I feel alive! Feel alive!" 

Yelling now. 

"AND I FEEL ALIVE! FEEL ALIVE!" 

And as I scream the words in to a dark room full of hundreds of other people, I feel, for the first time in over a year, alive.