Faster

The night engulfs me,
Darkness bleeds into every crevice,
Every crack,
Light does not dare touch this place…
Not tonight,
The stars are tucked away,
Realizing what lingers in such a place,
This place,
This dark alley filled with rotten buildings
And over grown plant life,

And in this place…
Is where I am,
I am running,
My feet hit the broken pavement like a door slamming from its hinges,
So quickly,
So calm,

But there it is,
The sound of the racing,
My beating heart…
Or another set of feet,
So fast,
So fast it sneaks up on me,

My pace quickens
And my heart begins to burn,
Faster,
Run faster,
Boarded window after boarded door pass me by,
The ebony shadows in the broken windows
Tell me the tale of what is lies behind,

Faster,
My eyes are set on safety,
But my skin feels the cold,
The coldness that presses on my shoulder,
No…

Darkness engulfs this place,
No light dare touches such a black home,
And here I am,
Running,
Run faster,

The light from the street lamp floods over my face,
And the cold pressure fades away,
So much oxygen needed
For such a small set of lungs,
I breathe,
My body feels weak so fragile,

The alley lies behind me,
Forever left to wither in its own shadows,
The demons that live on this dark dark road,
Boy do they have a story to tell,
And I will see them again,
Hear another piece of the shadow tale,
When the stars slip into hiding
And the ghosts come to their windows,
And I will run again,
Running faster,

“I am not afraid,
I am not afraid…”