Enchantress's blog: "misunderstanding"

Running through the forest, 

Something is chasing me, 

Heart pounding inside my chest, 

Frantically looking around,

Scrambling up the mounds that block my way,

Clawing over logs, 

The sounds of falling footsteps coming ever closer,

Catching up no matter how fast I run, 

Looking for a place to hide, 

Ever searching, Finding a hole I might be able to slide into, 

Don't have time, 

They're right behind me, 

Find a tree I can climb, 

Jump up to grab the first branch, 

Swinging legs up just in time, 

The man below jumping to grab me as I climb ever higher, 

Cornered, 

Cannot climb higher, 

Him gaining fast, 

Not wanting to be caught I climb precariously higher,

Putting weight on a branch that wasn't able to hold it, 

Falling through the tree smacking branches on the way down, 

Feeling bones snap as branches do, 

Landing broken at the base of the tree, 

Unable to move, 

Adreneline rushing, 

Heart beating, 

Caught.

Standing on a ledge ready to take a leap of faith into the crowd of expectant faces, 

One by one they begin to dissapear as if into thin air, 

Hesitant now I take a small step forward to peer over the ledge, 

To find the people closest to me begin to vanish, 

Opening my mouth trying to scream "You can't leave too" but nothing comes out, 

I take the necessary steps back to run and jump off the ledge, 

Expecting people to catch me when I fall, 

I look and see a single person, waiting arms open, 

As I start to touch their fingertips they too vanish into thin air,

Landing Broken, and scattered, like a crystal vase shattering on the floor, 

I lift my hand to try and put myself back together again for another attempt.