scars

19

Caleb's P.O.V

"stay alive Abby, I promise...."

"promise what?"

she's standing over the edge of the cafe roof,

her voice isn't the same soft gentle voice it used to be,

now its laced with something bad, something evil.

"I promise..."

what can I promise her?

im more of a wreck then her.

"it's worth it Abby,"

what can be worth more then her life?

"stay alive,"

"stay alive for me."

she looks up at me,

her dead eyes glaring through my skull,

where did i go wrong?

silent tears roll down her fragile face,

"sometimes to stay alive..."

"you got to kill your mind."

"am I right Caleb?"

i look up at her in shame,

"my brain is sick."

"admit it Caleb."

"im sick, and everything i touch gets infected."

"you're infected Caleb...cant you see?

"your infected by the disease of love."

"go save yourself because im already dead."

"my life rests in the hands of a blade."

"my mind runs on the satisfaction of pain"

"im pain Caleb."

"i am pain"

she leans over looking back at me,

"im just escaping Caleb, im finding my way back."

"i suggest you do too."

she walks towards me away from the edge,

i exhale, calming down because she backs away,

she walks towards me,

"Caleb, we cant escape together, one of us needs to stay and live from this disease."

"someone needs to fight back."

"not me."

"im too weak."

"and when i die, forgive me.'

my heart is racing,

she walks up so close to me i can see the sweat on her face,

her breathes are shallow,

i just want to...

...

...

kiss her.

her body jerks around and she sprints to the edge...one last glance at me, and she jumps off.

she jumps off the building,

she jumped off not to die,

but to start a new life,

a life where she isnt infected,

anymore,

instead she left others in pain,

just to escape her own,