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Walking down
the dark streets of my future, the blinding lights
of
passing
souls stop me in my tracks. Freezing me for what
seems like
an
eternity.
In that
mind-ripping, conscience-breaking fragment of time,
my whole
life leaps towards me from behind, ahead,
above...all
around me;
bombarding me with thoughtful dreams,breathless
ideas
and
schemeful plans.
A hand
reaches out; it's soft , it's familiar -- it's my
mother's.
She wipes my
tears away, touches my face-- squeezes it, then
slaps it.
I fall to
the ground -- hard.
Not due to
the force, but to the meaning.
Abandoned by
myself -- alone... as I have always been -- scared,
chicken, too damn afraid to walk down that road--
by myself.
Not any
more!! I rise -- strong, full of promise, pride
and
wisdom.
And instead
of walking into the dark abyss afraid, I run into
it
full of
faith and happiness for the
unknown!
Lamont Sparrow '98
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