leave(s)

A Poem by thebeanmachine

first work i ever have ' published ' let me know what you think. how it makes you feel.

I hold my breath.
Inhale,
then exhale.
Will this be a step forward, or a thousand
steps back?
Icy breeze strikes my face,
the tingle whispers,
Hello Old Friend.
The smell of rain wanders
in the air; the remnants of the tears.
But now, they have gone.

I can hear her calling to me.
Her sweet melody.
So unafraid.
Only something I hear in
lucid dreams;
only have had a taste.

You have been starved for too long,
she says
Take a step further.

The vines intertwined between my toes begin to tighten.
They scream
This is your home!
We will die without you!
But they know I must go.
Thorns tear through my flesh,
lovingly, as they always do.

Angry and bitter, they plead for me to stay.
But she says,
Take a step further.

She shares my face,
but not my spirit.
She is untouched by the cold,
the darkness.
Yet she knows all I am missing.
Her eyes,
uncovered.
Her mind,
finally free.

-k.