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Apr 2013
The Rock
I kicked a rock
On my way back home
It was a beautiful day
No clouds, no snow
I was down the street
Getting the mail
A dog was barking at me
And wagging his tail
It was neither hot
Nor cold
It was a beautiful memory
That I will forever hold
But that rock reminded me
Of something peculiar
But I didn't know what it was
It was unfamiliar
How could I remember?
I've seen so many rocks
I couldn't think of anything
Like I had writers' block
I
knew
there was something
I just had to think deep
And if I don't figure it out
I would feel incomplete
And then it hit me
At the speed of light
I've
used
this rock before
In the middle of the night
I felt the guilt again
It ran through my veins
It was the night my favorite shirt
Became bloodstained
"It couldn't be," I said
"I thought you disappeared"
An idea came to my mind
And I froze in fear
I turned the rock over
And I saw some blood
"Yes" I assured myself
"This is the one"
It was that misty night
In 1993
When the love of my life
Let go of me
It wasn't an average break-up
Not average indeed
He pushed me so hard
I fell to my knees
He was supposed to be on his knees
But he pushed me to mine
So I took the rock and branded his body
My name was what I signed
At that moment it hit me
The love of my life is dead
I tried so hard to remember
But all I want to do is forget
I came back to my senses
And took the rock in my hand
I squeezed it as hard as I could
And came up with a plan
I never understood why he pushed me
But my life with him was good
I never wanted to be alone
But alone I stood
I grabbed the dull end of the rock
The sharp side facing me
I remembered my promise with him
"Forever we will be"
I prepared for my last breath
Right then I exhaled
I branded my body
Silence prevailed
I fell to the ground
On my knees once more
Ready to see the love of my life
Mi amor
My mail soaked up my blood
Diminished I will be
The bracelet around my ankle was unhooked
I am free
No longer alive
My soul is above my body
The truth and blood
Both engulf me
Two people have gone
Out of this world
Branded by one rock
Are a boy and a girl
The rock can be known
As nothing or all
And unlike money
It can't be withdrawn
I can no longer breathe
Inhale or exhale
I branded two bodies
Silence prevails
no i am not talking about dwayne johnson
Written by
sabrine
Dallas
(Dallas)
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