Never ending

I'm running

I'm flying

my legs move

back and forth

forth and back

on

and on

and on

faster

faster

the air is avoiding me

I run from my chaser

endlessly

until the world tilts

the universe shifts

I trip into the empty gap ripping open at my feet

I fall

further

and further

spinning

dropping

plummeting

to what I think is my ultimate death

until I feel my feet on familiar ground

familiar footsteps behind me

my legs move

back and forth

forward and back

on

and on

and on

picking up speed

almost flying

but not quite

gravity still applies to me

even as I run from my chaser

on

and on

and on

an endless loop

I always end up back at the start

no matter which way I turn

no matter how far I jump to avoid the gaps

it never ends

it just keeps

on

going

Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

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  • Orange pen

    Orange pen

    curving, looping, tracing my thoughts onto a page

    fulfilling my orders

    moved by my hand.

     

    Orange pen

    flying, soaring, leaping

    dancing across the page

  • How come?

    Are you aware

    what you did?

    For the third time?

    Once again?

    Do you know

    how I feel?

    Ignored

    overlooked

    how come?

    How come you didn't put in my effort?

  • Routine

    Create

    writing

    medium or genre

    poetry

    body

     

    this is my routine;

    come home from school

    open to this the first chance I get

    write.

    Write 

    write 

    write