Nature

The trees stretched up into the sky like skyscrapers. The sky was as clear as a crystal. It was a perfect day. I heard the bluebirds singing their beautiful melodies to the beat of my heart. Then I saw a crowd of people, of friends. I ran over quickly hoping to join in the conversation. Then I saw him, and it was as if the world had turned upside down. It grew quiet. All I could hear was his voice and the whisper of the wind. His eyes brown like the new mulch. I could hear nothing see nothing, but him. It seemed as if the trees grown away, and the birds beautiful melody was heard as clear as the water. No movement. My heart fell down the stairs into my stomach. I couldn’t take another step. I was as silent as the grass, slowly swaying in the wind. I tried to walk a few steps, but then I felt my feet grow heavy, as if I was sinking in quicksand. I was frozen. He grew closer like the weeds in my yard grew to my house. A few more steps and I have gone under. It was as if my body was fully engulfed in flames as I began to burn up. I couldn’t take another step. I had fallen into the spell of the earth. My feet planted to the ground like the flowers were planted to the earth. He was a few feet away, The world froze like ice. Then he passed by, my heart sank into my feet as I realized he wasn’t coming for me.