Day 69

(un)Requited

He walked away from it,
Convinced he would not return.
Deep down, it was real this time.
Deep down, he meant it this time.
It had controlled him long enough.
He would not allow it any longer.
Deep down, he feared he was not strong enough.
Deep down, he hated what that meant.
He looked back and saw it
Sitting there, staring back at him,
Looking deep into his eyes,
Looking deep into his soul.
It sat and waited, silently,
Knowing it was only a matter of time,
Looking forward to the future,
Looking forward to the chaos.
He knew what he needed to do;
Walk away and find something else.
Freeing himself from its grasp,
Freeing himself to grab life.
It smiled at him and laughed,
Evoking memories of happy times.
Freeing a piece of itself,
Freeing the tension in the air.
He found himself reluctantly smiling back,
Reminiscing of when it gave him joy,
Bubbling with giddiness like a child,
Bubbling with the anxiety of overwhelming emotions.
It began dancing and twirling,
Charming and cajoling, singing and beckoning,
Bubbling with excitement,
Bubbling with love.
He swayed closer, inch by inch
Giving in to the magnetic pull,
Lost in the moment,
Lost in himself.
It grinned, a twinkle in its eye,
An eyebrow arched in triumph,
Lost in victory,
Lost to the future.
He felt a sharp change in the air
And shook off the trance,
Stopping dead in his tracks,
Stopping the grinning.

It reached out.
He put up his hand.
It taunted and teased.
He pulled away.
It giggled and sang.
He covered his ears.
It screamed and yelled.
He didn't flinch.
It fell silent.
He walked away.