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To hide in the shadows

not knowing where to go

I walk afraid to turn around as if I may

see a ghost,

I don’t know why I feel so afraid

maybe because there I am alone,

or because I lost something precious to

me,

my legs feel as heavy as stone,

my body feels like ice,

my hair is the color of the rain

it blends in with the dew drops on the

spider-webs

which lye on the leaves on the trees in

the baron forest,

I see a clearing in the distance…

Do I run for it

do I wait for it to come to me

a drop of pure rain water falls on my eyelash

and I know that to reach the clearing I must run.

I am running although I feel the presence of someone there

I keep my faith

I feel my heart beating faster and faster

as my feet hit the ground

:: thump thump:: SPLASH!

The rain falls harder and I find the clearing

and now I have reached my destination

only to find myself in the place I started out before,

but now I am not afraid,

Because I now know where I am,

and I now know where I belong.





By Ashton Sinclair Kenney