Slipped Away

You saw an opening and slipped away in the night. Your heart surrendered unable to take another beat. Did you run or did you walk to your next stop. Life became hard. Your eyes full of tears, scares on your heart, tattered dreams, neuropathy in your feet.  Did you run or did you walk, did the ticking of time just stop. Did you think about turning back? Did you run or walk loosening the shackles that once held you back.  When the curtain dropped, did you take a bow, did you have the strength to look back. Did you run or did you walk, taking one last lap around the moon listening to your favorite tune before you slipped away in the night.  

- Kristina Fenimore