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This Figure I Met

i thought bravery possessed me,

but fear soon overwhelmed me,

and it slowly consumed me.

i felt my body aching,

as it was slowly fading,

before i could start screaming,

i was long dreaming.

the man i met ,

in this place i wept,

he was blurry -,

 but he looked sad.

 i was lost,

 but he said "don't be scared".

he asked me something,

though i heard nothing.

"where would I want to be",

he asked once more.

"where do I want to be"

he whispered listlessly

i started thinking,

and spoke unwavering,

"if chance would let me

i'd want to go back".

then he started smiling.

he broke into pieces,

that turned into darkness.

i became scared again,

but somehow time felt slowing,

and my body started breaking.

there i was, back again

light poured into my eyes,

and pain seared wherever it could go.

i began shouting

"what the hell is happening"

my ears were hurting

"sir, you were dying

but we've got your heart going

and we're nearly reaching"

-Rae

The way you're singing in your sleep 

The way you look before you leap 

The strange illusions that you keep 

You don't know 

But I'm noticing 

The way your touch turns into arcs 

The way you slide into the dark 

The beating of my open heart 

You don't know 

But I'm noticing

-David Levithan

Resolution.

And there she stood, in the middle of the desert. For weeks not a drop of rain fell. For weeks, everyone suffered.

But there she stood. Bravery had choked her, but bravery did not kill her.

Unexpectedly, she quickly, but gracefully, spread her arms wide. She tilted her head. She stared at the sky with her eyes closed. It had turned grey.

And as if someone had struck her, she fell on her knees, unshaken. Her face still towards the sky, her eyes still closed. In months, she had not spoken. In months, she had never once smiled.

But today was different. Today she had left the house.

"Thank you," she whispered to the winds.

An unfamiliar sensation washed over her. Invisible strings fell from above and attached themselves to the corners of her mouth. 

They tugged. And as they tugged, she felt the pain within her dissolving, she felt the depression that has left her empty for months bleeding away. 

She smiled when the first drops of rain pelted her.