Pain, from Above and Below

Storm:

Boy:

Clouds litter the lifeless gray sky. I drift among them; casually watching the lights of the

Clouds litter the lifeless gray sky. I walk below them; casually watching them

city pass below. Longing to feel the wind, and hear the voices at ground level. I'm different

pass above. Longing to feel the weightlessness, and forget about the voices down here.

though, so it doesn't matter what I want.

I'm different though, so it doesn't matter what I want.

Slowly an overwhelming sadness builds in the pit of my stomach, and my body starts to

Slowly an overwhelming sadness builds in the pit of my stomach, and my eyes start

water. I even cry differently, I cry as a whole my anguish so great that it doesn't come from my

to water. I cry, I cry like the clouds above me as sorrow settles deeply into my body.

eyes, but from my whole body. I crack, and my tears spill upon the world, I so badly wish to be a

I crack, and my tears spill upon the pavement with the rain from the cloud I so badly wish

part of, slowly at first, as if worried that the droplets would hurt the life below. Becoming bigger

I could be, slowly at first, worried that someone might see and make fun of me. Becoming

the longer they last, the crack growing wider, I sob silently into the dusk.

Faster the longer they last, the hitches hitting harder, I sob loudly into the dusk.

No one around to hear, no one around to comfort me. The only witness being those who

Too many around to hear, too many around to try and comfort me. The only witness

have no reason to care. They will forever blame the torrents falling towards them on nothing

Being those who don't care. They will forever blame the torrents on others, and never

more than evaporation, and precipitation. They will never know how much pain I feel. I'm alive

themselves. They will never know how much pain they've given me. I'm alive

too, only not in the same way they are. They don’t see it, and that only adds to my pain.

Like them. They don’t see that though, and that only adds to my pain.

The sobs come harder, my misty body shaking slightly. Within minutes it seems as if i'm

The sobs come harder, my fleshy body shaking slightly. Within minutes it seems as if

covering the whole world with my downpour. Soon after I feel a pain start to form in my chest,

the whole world can see my breakdown. Soon the rain falls harder, and quickly soaks me to

and I know what's coming.

the bone.

A scream tears through my throat sending a blinding white light shooting from me;

A scream tears through the air causing me to jump, and sending a blinding white

crashing on the world with enough force to shake the ground. Hearing the noise only causes me

light to skyrocket down to earth. Hearing the noise only causes me to jump, and gasp with

to cry harder, the torrents running from my body fall faster, and are much larger. More screams

Shock. The tear/rain mixture running from my body falls faster still. More lightning comes

come after, after each one I grow weaker, no longer willing to fight my sorrow.

after. With every jump I grow weaker, no longer willing to fight my anguish.

After a long while, I open my eyes and watch as I cry, and destroy the world I love so

After a long while, I look towards the sky as I cry, and faun at the world I love so

dearly against my own will. There's a boy walking, all alone, down the sidewalk. I watch as he

dearly. There’s a cloud drifting, all alone, in the middle of the sky. I watch as it pulls, a

walks, a momentary lull in my grief, causing my tears to slow. I know the words “Hello there!”

momentary lull in my grief, causing my tears to slow. I beg for the cloud to pull me up

only with no mouth to speak them, the knowledge is pointless.

there and forget about all the words in this world but it’s pointless.

As my rain slows the boy stops walking, and looks up straight into my open eyes. And in

    As the rain slows I stop walking, and look straight up into the sky. And in it, I see

his eyes, I see pain in which I have never felt. The pain of being pushed around by people bigger

pain that never in my life have I ever felt. The pain of always being alone. The pain of

than you. The pain of failing at what you want to succeed. The pain of losing the people you care

never being able to fail or succeed. The pain of never having anyone to care about.

about. I see a thousand thoughts that I've never had, and I realize, they have it no better than I do.

I see a thousand thoughts that i've never had, and I realize, they have it no better than I do.

We're different, but we're the same. He feels pain that I could never feel, and I feel pain

    We’re different, but we’re the same. I feel pain that he doesn't feel, and He feels

that he doesn't feel. Before I know it my sobs have stopped, and nothing but a light sprinkle falls

pain that I could never feel. Before I know it my cries are dead, and the rain has slowed.

from me. The boy looks on, and walks with determination towards his objective, like a brave

The cloud moves on, and drifts with determination towards his objective, like a brave pilot

warrior going into battle, and I do the same. Clouds litter the lifeless sky, lighter than before, and

going into a battlefield, and I do the same. Clouds litter the lifeless sky, lighter than before,

I drift among them; casually watching the lights of the city pass below.

and I walk below them; casually watching them pass above.