Envelopment
By Laura
Quickly I pace the darkened streets
My thoughts become unfurled
The stones are cold beneath my feet
Just like this cruel dark world.
Why has this man let me go free
When I had wanted to die?
Ruled by my duty no more to be
For I have seen the kindess in his eye.
Now upon the bridge I stand
The waves tumble far below;
Smashing and churning against the sand
As darker and colder I now grow
My justice was forever unbending
In my duty I stood tall
My heart no compassion lending
Yet why do I now fall?
How have our roles become reversed?
He the master I the slave?
His every path I once traversed,
And now my destiny he has paved
My former world now has vanished
With doubt my heart is filled
Why has my certainty been banished,
And my voice of reason killed?
My principles of justice are now bent
How can this man know,
That by the kindness he had meant,
This man has killed me, even so?
I am enveloped in the ebony night
My faithful stars are dark and silent
My heart shudders in its plight
And with unknown trembles it is rent.
To the edge I slowly walk
And stare upon the inviting waves
And as they churn they also mock:
So this is the way I end my days?
The frigid air rises like a stench
I step over the rail decidedly
Perhaps these cruel waters may at last quench
This fire deep inside of me.
Then I leap into the night,
Eyes upon the distant stars
I feel that brief moment of exhilarating flight,
And with it my heart unbars.
I feel the waves gently enfold me,
As up to meet me the water rushes.
That voice that once cried to be free
Now at last this water hushes.
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