The pain fades ever so slowly now His poisonous venom seeping from my heart This venom is unlike any other though It is stronger than that of anh snake, spider, or other beast I was so oblivious to the effect it would have on me A ruby red rose glistening in the light of dawn Harmless right? Wrong. I wanted the rise to call my own Longing for its velvety petals to caress my scarred skin I was not even the slightest bit careful I did not look before I lept Little did I know the rose had thorns Lots of them They added to my ever growing collection of scars The walls I spent years building up came crumbling down Coursing through my veins, the poison took over my body My glass heart shattered into millions of shards Every breath is a struggle now Every moment forced to be spent on this earth a living hell As the venom leaves, a new emptiness replaces it I feel nothing now, like my body is paralyzed Something good will come from all of this right? The empty must eventually go away It has to Hope is the only thing left keeping me alive Hope is moving on to greater things My hope is fading faster than the venom though With my last breath, I decide that whatever is coming isn't worth waiting for And with that I leap, not even bothering to look first I am feather light as the world around me slowly fades into darkness