Running.

'Welcome to a world where

perfection is a myth, and

imperfection is insanity.'

 

I'm running, running, running. I'm

running without moving.

What am I running from? I'm

running from him, and his friends.

That's right, I'm running, still

running, from Insanity. Running

from Insanity, and his voices, Light

and Dark. I've not been alone for

so long now; they're always there,

you're always there, I HOPE

YOU'RE HAPPY. Of course theyre

happy, because in their minds,

they're winning. Insanity has a

mind, Light has a mind, Dark has a

mind. They only have minds when

they infect mine.

 

'You're looking beautiful tonight,

babe, you're looking stunning.'

 

You're feeding me your lies again,

you're knocking down the walls of

my head. You're pulling me,

pushing me, dragging me, stopping

me. Insanity is knocking at the

door of my mind, and the Light's

just smashed a window. My alarms

are going off, he's back inside my

head. Not even the cover of

Darkness can save me now.

 

'You're going down, babe, because

you're just too perfect for me.'

 

There's nowhere to go, nowhere

to hide. Where the Light can't

reach, Darkness will. I'm looking to

the point where equilibrium is

false, and where the gap between

the Light and the Darkness is real.

I'm looking, but I'm not finding.

Someone find it, find it for me.

 

'You're a liar, babe, you told them

I'm real.'

 

I've no-one left to tell, nothing left

to say. My story's too wild, too

mad, too insane. I'm losing my

battle, I've lost my battle. It's time

to play, it's time to play, it's time,

it's time, it is time.

 

'Game on, babe, game on.'

 

I'm running, running, running.

What am I running for?

 

'I'm running for you, babe, I'm

running for you.'

Reviews

[Michael Carr]

this is well done. must say it could be shortened just a tad, there's points where you can have more power with less description. that said, it's my only real critique, it's a wonderful story and a great series of thoughts. the structure is solid and you convey both emotion, pain, anger, and voice with the work. great job!

(you could lable it as prose, it fits more into that category than story I think)

[JRB]

nice write, thank you,
Jan/uisiom