She stood on a bridge. She stood on a roof. She stood on a star. It didn’t really matter, because it was really all the same… She stood at the end.
She looked at the sky, then she looked straight ahead. She looked all around, then she looked down. She didn’t really care, because she was still very scared. She saw waves, she saw cars, and she saw space.
She smelled the sickening stench of the demon on her shoulder. She closed her eyes and inhaled again. She smelled the sea, she smelled the city, and she smelled the angels’ breaths.
She listened to the wind, and to the sounds below. She thought she heard the angels calling her Among the waves, the cars, and the silence…
She had gathered her courage She held it in her hand She opened her eyes, and looked down
She felt the wind pushing her, the angels calling her, and the demons taunting her Then she stepped down Away from the bridge, the roof, and the star…