boy – So It Goes

She spends her time watching, waiting for souls to leave.

She saw the girl break free —
float away like a balloon —
and watches the boy,
sinking into that abyss,
unable to help.

Everyday, she must watch beautiful people fall apart,
each departure chipping away at her soul.

She stares and hopes for the day when someone stares back,
hoping to use her power for healing.

The drumming gets louder with the passing months,
more and more people are searching.
She can barely keep up, trying to end the war
before it begins.

Only, she doesn’t notice the one staring,
invisible to most, including her.

The boy watches whenever her head is turned,
learning her ways slowly,
warned to never look into her deep, soul-searching eyes.

Murk cloaks him,
hiding from her and whoever else
isn’t supposed to know he is here.

Another watches him,
aware of the ensuing battle.

He lifts his chin to stare into the sky,
fingers floating up to touch the clouds.

He chases the phantom of a girl he once knew.
It’s crazy, he knows,
but she still exists somewhere.

She is the rustle in the hallway,
the reflection in the window on the bus,
the voice in his head after all of the fighting has stopped.

She left too soon and too fast,
searching for something no one else could hear,
never knowing a boy was left scared and alone —
a boy without the right words.

He wonders what it would be like to float,
to follow his red balloon daydream.

It must not be hard, he thought.
Anything would do…

As he dreams of red balloons,
a girl stares at him, contemplating his issue.

He doesn’t hear the drumming, not yet,
not like the girl she could not save,
but he must want her help.

So she wears her hair long, hiding behind the curtain,
hiding her truth —
her ability to stare to people’s souls,
her ability to end the drumming.

She sees pain in the poor boy,
looking at the clouds,
dangerously searching for something
he cannot fathom.

Tag: boy

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