Into The Dawn
Heart beating against my chest,
I plunge the knife deep into the stranger's heart,
Feeling bones break,
Hearing their crack as they move aside.
The look in the person's face stuck in permanent surprise,
As if it's only in the moment that I'm killing them,
Only the moment that their life begins to leave their body,
That they realize that they're alive.
I leave the knife behind and let them fall to the ground,
As I do I turn and walk through the doorway.
I walk out onto the streets of Paris,
People rushing around,
My eyes light up with joy at the scents, and sounds,
I walk around the corner and he's standing there,
My arms open wide,
My mouth letting out a shriek of happiness,
Of course he'd be here, he always is,
But every time I feel the same excitement,
Every time I run into his arms,
Every time I run home.
As I collide into him,
My tears break out,
Tears of complete release,
Reassurance and love.
This is where I belong.
I open my eyes and look around,
Everyone's here,
The friends with the warmest hearts,
The brightest smiles,
All of them here, for me.
Completing my circle I blink,
In that moment I'm on top of the Great Wall of China,
Most of the same people are running around me,
Playing games of foolish recklessness.
I stand at the edge looking down,
Taking in the entire idea of the wall and it's being.
Breathing in the presence of the past,
Feeling every bit of the present.
A smile grabs hold of my face as his arms slip around me,
But as soon as I look, he's gone.
My joy quickly turns to fear,
Eyes darting to the sky,
Responding to the loud scream of something monstrous,
The beast flies overhead,
Barely high enough to pass over the trees,
A dragon?
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poem by Bethany Maxwell
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