Journey Desire

by

Emma - Louise Braiden

Into the depths we ventured
Or rather, I led, holding a lamp
Calling out encouragement to you
Pulling you along by my side
You were hesitant, scared
You shut your eyes and refused to continue
But i persisted
And into the depths we plunged.

But it was my greed that drove us down
It was my need
I am sure there were times you wanted to leave
But you stayed
And after time it was ok
Even enjoyable
You hardly ever stopped anymore
You were changed
I was different
The depths had distorted what once was
We pretended not to notice
But it was there, always there
As plain as the daylight we had left behind.

Time passed and the depths took their toll
You left my side and wandered off
I knew where you were going
But i didn't follow
It was now your choice
I had led us to this place
Now it was your turn to decide
Eternity and a day saw me find an exit
The daylight scorched my eyes
It was warm and inviting
Yet i hesitated

I had known the depths for so long
I wasn't sure if i wanted to leave
Were you out there already?
I sat as i waited for a sign
I did not want light if you were still caught in the depths
Then you found me
You were in such bad shape
Broken and bruised
I wanted to hold you to me and return to the light
But you were unable to reach

I sat with you
But we slowly slipped backwards
The light a far off glimmer
Again we pretended not to notice
I began to wonder what it was about light that was so unreachable
I looked into your eyes
Hoping they held the key
And it was in that moment
That i could see
We both needed to find our own light source
The depths had distorted us
We were no longer two
But a disfunctional one

My heart tore as i walked away
And stepped, blinking into the day.

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by: Tanya Morris
from: Brockville, ON, CA

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