You, Who Deserted Me

• Maddie Goss, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2012

I woke, to the finches on the sill, tiny glints of hope in the vast sky.

I searched, an innocent in the strange world of materials, you welcomed with kind eyes, a beacon amongst the mistrusting.

I ventured, pushing myself further and further with you at my back, my guardian angel.

I climbed, unable to stop, unable to rest, as you, so vicious now, chased me higher and higher, until there was no-where left to go.

I fell, the world rushing past me, leaving me to crumble like ancient ruins in the dry grass.

I wept, as the sun set on my my dreams, seeping like crimson blood over the horizon - slowly but surely, so that I could not run.

I waited, for what seemed like an eternity and there was nothing in front or behind of me. But then I was reborn, stronger than before.

I grew, picking myself up, somehow, telling myself to be stronger.

I turned, facing the sun. Tomorrow was another day.

I saw the light, illuminating your face as you shuddered in the pain of your own lies.

And I forgave you.