Untitled

by Emily Harper

Running

Running from what I do not know

Maybe fear

Of the truth

Of myself

Running from you

Something I once had

Now there is nothing

Nothing

To comfort me

To ease my pain

As I sit alive, but lifeless

My eyes are glazed over with memories

Memories of a better time

When we had no cares in the world

Reality has struck like a lightening bolt

Making me afraid for the first time in my life

Making me cry

Cry for someone who does not cry for me

Echoes of laughter

Faint whispers of the words of love

Teasing my ears like a feather

Bitterness is now in my mouth

My mouth that once tasted sweet pleasures

Of your skin

Of your lips

My mind is in a whirlwind

These thoughts are spinning out of control

I know how to stop them but I won’t

That would be the easy way out

Out of a life that I have been trying to run away from

A series of events that have brought me to this place

Where I am standing alone

Where I am waiting to be saved

Each mark on the timeline of life

Can be an end

Or a beginning

It can be a jumping off point

Pointing you towards a new fate