What the Sky Sees
My stars have that midnight shimmer
She sprints up the dark stairs of the narrow tower.
Tears spill down her white cheeks
Each of her steps tremble and shake
At the top, she plops down on the highest platform
Exasperation leaves her body with a sigh
She slides to the edge of the platform
Her tears have stopped now
I don't understand why she was crying
Cuts in her hand from her grip on the steel bar
Fluffy tops of the trees
And little lights far off - town
She leans over her dangling legs
Admires the distance from her to the ground
It's so dark she can barely see the ground
It's a comforting thought I suppose.
She is saying something but I can't hear
She is upright, smiling, looking to her left
But he's not there to pull her back this time
So it's just hideous steel bars she's staring at
She leans over her legs and releases the steel bar
No particular emotion in her face,
Just acceptance in her dark, deep eyes
She lifts her arms over her head, clasping her hands together
They guide her way to the shadowed ground
She plummets in perfect diving form
Spreading her arms for the perfect entry
Just before the ground
A single tear lands on a blade of grass
And she smashes it into the dirt