Escape

New poem.


Run
Blindly into the night.
Your heart pounds in your chest,
So loud that you’re sure they’ll hear it
And come after you,
Find you,
Catch you.
Count the beats of your heart:
One, two, three,
Then feel your pulse
Skyrocket
As you run
Harder,
Faster
Than you’ve ever run before.
Feel the dirt beneath your bare feet as you
Run
Run
Run
For your life.
Hold back your screams and sobs
As terror takes over your heart
And adrenaline keeps you moving,
Moving toward something, anything.
Anything has to be better than this.
Anything has to be better than
Before,
What once was, but now is in the
Past.
Push back your bad memories
As you push back your hair from your face,
Pull it off your neck, damp from sweat,
And fear.
Outrun them.
Outrun the lies,
Hurt,
Pain,
Abuse.
Outrun your memories,
Even though you know you never can,
Never will.
One step after another,
One leap into the
Unknown
After another,
And you’re no closer to
Freedom
Than you ever have been,
Ever will be.
Remember
Remember
Remember
Your screams
Your sobs
Your cries for help,
When you knew all along that
No one
Would ever come.
No one
Would ever help you.
No one would ever
Save you
From the nightmares of your life.
Still, you keep
Running
Running
Running,
Trying to reach a better world
Before they realize you’re gone
And come looking for you.
Before they find you.
Before they punish you,
Again.
Before they attack you,
Again.
Before they compromise your character,
Corrupt your soul.
Before they claw away what little
Innocence
They’ve left you with.
Run,
Run,
Run,
Until you can’t breathe,
Can’t see,
Can’t stand.
Collapse onto the ground,
As your knees buckle under you,
As your heart disintegrates inside your chest.
Gasp for air,
Struggle for blurred vision,
Attempt to drag yourself farther away from them,
The enemies.
But isn’t it funny how everything can be
Moving
So fast,
Yet in one second,
Can come to a screeching halt,
Like your breath,
Your heart,
Your life,
The instant you hear their
Voices,
And know that they’ve been
Following you.
They’ve found you,
And they’re going to
Abuse you,
Again.
They’re going to take advantage of you,
Again.
They’re going to kill you,
Unless you kill yourself first,
Escape.

…so you do.