RELEASE


No one speaks her name
They hide in dark corners of dreams
Watching her every movement
Waiting to take hold of her thoughts

In this place, this world in which she exists
Taunted by images of day and night
Who will hold her
Take her away from those who will tear down the walls

Defenseless against intruders
Words not spoken
Screaming to the universe through her eyes
Touch me love me hold me

She walks on the side of the road
To where she does not know
The quarter moon guiding her way
Silhouetted trees guarding her on each side

Sounds from the forest
Echo noises of desperation
She begins to run
Her breath becoming shallow

With each step
Release
Faster she runs
Still they come

From behind and in front
From side to side
Brushing up against her
She falls to her knees and starts to cry

All about her silence
The street empty
No one speaks her name
She has run from the world

The sun rises behind her
She does not turn to look
Warmth on her back
Alone glad to be alone

She walks into the woods
Full of fears without direction
In her mind everyone has left her
Deserted her for their own passions of life

She is left to wander amongst the trees
Solitude she has chosen
Long ago she stopped reaching out
The people she has known could not understand her

She pushed them away
Keeping quiet her thoughts
Not wanting to be judged
Sitting with her back to a tree

The bark rubbing into her shirt
Then harder into her skin
Pain giving her life
The sensation of belonging

What is there left now
She will wait, a pause in life and time
Feelings of hunger
Clenching her fists to avoid the feelings of reality

Blood slowly gathers at her back and hands
She knows the feel of the slow warmth
Trickling from her body
She wants to leave, to be lost and move on

Michael V Hechtman Copyright � 2001