20 September 2012
I just sit there, not knowing. I don't want to leave. But I need a break if only for a night. I'm tired of the pressure. And yes- I know how much trouble this could get me into. Trust me. That's what makes me hesitate. But in the end, they are wrong, I need time. So I step outside and the crisp evening air settles on my skin, making me shiver. The slight breeze trickles across my skin, pushing my hair back, making me cold. But it is the most beautiful evening and the sun will set soon. So I need to get going. I step on foot in front of the other, until I am past the fence. I am officially away. I shudder, with both fear and excitement. I have never been this rebellious. I walk though the forest, jumping in fright as the leaves touched me skin. Behind me I hear a car pull into a driveway and a door slam shut. Dad is home from work. And when he realizes that I'm not there... Well, hopefully he won't even notice. I just keep on trudging forward. I come to the clearing. I recognize it even though it has been so long. Too long. I see the familiar boulder in the center, a perfect view of the sunset. Life is all around me. Birds, squirrels, bugs, trees even deer. I feel at peace. I walk the almost perfectly formed staircase at the end of the boulder and slip up to the top. A beautiful veil of purple envelopes the sky. A small stretch of pink slides in and then traces of red an blue. The bright yellow sphere slowly makes it's way down the sky, dimming and disappearing into the puffs of color as it goes lower and lower. Until it vanishes and all becomes dark. I feel better now. I feel calm. I feel at peace with the Earth in a way I haven't quite before. The stress is gone, snatched away like the sun from the sky. I'm glad I decided to come. I now feel alive again.
Note: Look I know this is not a poem but I worked extremely hard on it and I hope you will accept it anyway. Thank you! I hope you like it! :)
Blank mind, Setting Sun • Opuss № I