Lost
Circles. I had been walking in circles for hours. All the trees looked the same, each rock morhping into the last rick i had seen. And thirsty. I was so thirsty. The sun streamed through the foliage, shifting and playing tricks. When i stopped moving, dust danced in the golden rays, laughingly asking me to dance too.
Did i really want to be found? The forest smellsed so fresh and green, and all i could hear were the calls of wild birds, the scampering of little feet underneath the brush. The was no sign of human life, human destriction here. But i was so thirsty, and weary now too.
A rock ahead looked so inviting. The top was covered with mss, the colour of the first leaves of spring. It looked so comfortable, surely a little rest couldnt hurt. And night fall was still a long way off. I fell asleep on that rock, warmed by a ray of sun, the moss as soft as any pillow.
You came to em there, while i slept on that rock. It was you that crunched the leaves underfoot, startling me. And when i looked on you, you seemed to glow from within. You looked so peaceful, so happy and at home in these woods. And, in your presence, the birds ceased their song and the forest fell silent. Even the breeze stopped fluttering the leaves. The whole forest seemed to bask in your presence.
...But you were dead.
Some part of me knew that. You had died months ago. I remember crying at your funeral, watching them lover your cold body into the dark earth. I knew you were dead. But before me you seemed so alive. There were no scars on your arms, no crusted scabs as there were, carefully hidden, at your funeral. I knew you were dead, you took your own life months ago. You took my heart, my slime into your grave with you.
But you were standing, smiling, arms outstreatched as if to great me. And you looked like your old, happy self, the one i fell in love with. How could i resist your contagious smile full of promises?
I walked into your waiting arms that day, and you welcomed em home. Perhaps we could live in this forest together, you and I, for all eternity.
You kissed me then and it was like you used to. Teasing, promising, happy and dull of life. It was like old times, before that dark demon pulled you down into that deep pool of sadness. Your kiss held the passionate promise of a life together, filled with smiles. I was exactly as i remembered it.
Surely you couldnt be dead. Surely they were all mistaken. That was not your old body that had been lowered into the hank ground. That had been an imposter. This was the real you, smiling, warm and full of life.
I looked into your eyes questioningly. What would happen to us? How could we be togehter? The world had never accepted our love, that hadnt changed while you were gone.
But I loved you so.
And you invited me to live with you. In a place where all love was accepted, in a place that had given you your smile back. The way you described where you were living now it sounded so nice, like heaven or shangri-la.
And i wanted to be with you forever, So i agreed and held tight to your hand while you led me out of the forest and into the sunlight.
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And on tonights news: the body of a young girl was found in the forest of a nearby national park. It is beleived she died of natural causes, perhaps dehydration. No foul play is suspected ad this time. Anyone knowing this girl is asked to contact the police.....
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