melted

one day i forgot to exist

the world goes on turning, i realized.

my trial run was with a girl who held my name, emblazoned on her chest was a purple heart, the same one tied onto everyone's wrists, spiraling in murals on the walls.

she was gone, but not forgotten.

then, it was my time to strike, with a rook to B7, a long night of waiting with blue light illuminating my hands, and i vanished under the covers with a feverish grin.

with my sacrifice grew confusion instead of compassion, apathy instead of animation. for a second, they all stopped, one by one, but returned to their paths.

and then, i was gone.

slipping through the fabric of time and space i drifted, the blackest shade ever witnessed flooding my senses and slipping past my eyelids as tar, without a care i was lost in the middle of a plane unknown.

the girl with the bright smile and fast feet walked hand in hand with the boy whose eyes belonged to the stars, and all was well, and the leaf atop the tallest tree in our small town fell, and they were all connected past small talk and bagged groceries.

every once in awhile, i wonder if they think of me.