I run
Sprinting down the barren alley
I run
Feeling feet fast approaching
I run
Until I felt I couldn’t run anymore
I run
I run
I run
The cold brick slapped me
The end shooting debris
My attacker approaching
Almost encroaching
A sharp pain greeting
My heart still beating
I run
I run
Away
Turning towards the exit
Hoping to repress it
The growing hopelessness
Increasing brokenness
A deafening shot
Allowing no further thought
Glancing up at my shooter
My eyes blinded with liquid dark
A glisten catches my eye with a mark
Choked and strangled I attempt to see
But am rendered useless to flee
Hoping to see them just a little clearer
I lean forward and finally see them–
Only it’s just a mirror.