dropping the vile,
she curled up next to the man lying on the bed

she'd always thought he looked so serene when he slept
she ran her fingers along his chest
creeping up to the dip above the collar bone
and back down to his ribs
tracing little patterns near his heart

eternally loving him,
knowing there would never be another...

her hand floated up and down
making the smallest of motions
with the most kind precision.

before drifting off, and joining him
in the only slumber which lasts forever...

a mixture of colors and laughter,
dancing and swirling around each other.

how lovely they were,
basking in their own light,
radiating off of them as they glowed with contentment.

the pair would never separate,
for they had no reason to neglect the other.

and so they danced,
from dream to dream,

simply existing to cherish one another
with all of their being
for the rest of their existence

the rubber burned and made the nerves in her nasal cavity burn and singe.
she recoiled from the horrific fumes exhausting from the tires.
the day was blackened with smoke that rose past the peaks of the surrounding mountains and up to the stars above.

there were always the pumpkins
or cider
or the smell of pine
but the leaves.
the leaves.

different hues of scarlet
of amber
of tawny
and gold
all melting into one another’s lives,
interrupting their own deaths.

throwing a wild tantrum of color and aroma
before letting the wind take them
before they float and flutter down
dead.

the most beautiful death known to this world

she entered the dimly light room in the dull apartment skeptically.
dreary wall paper surrounded her, though it was even more damp and dingy than that of what she had been expecting.

she dropped her ***** bag to the floor, darkened to a horrid brownish color.

and she wished with all her being she could return home and away from this undesirable den within her dream.

the moon shone in the sky
like a large luminescent platinum disc
in the dark of the night.

she stood as the edge of the wide pier
with her feet dangling down,
teasing the water with her boots.

the boy looked upon the gazing girl
and smiled to himself before walking over
and sitting himself down next to her.

she turned, surprised,
and he saw her face illuminate
brighter than all the stars in the sky
and even the moon herself…

the darkness had taken her away
with deceit and promise of an escape.
as it happened to be,

this path lead to a tunnel
which led to a cave with great wide jaws
and teeth of stalactites and stalagmites

one could marvel at for hours on end.

the cave ate her whole and she plummeted
into the world of misfortune and misery called Earth