the PAPER BOAT
*may7black
Sometimes I pretend that I can not see. I close my eyes and pretend that I am blind. So I can not see people cry. Tears that make me sick. I mages that come back like some haunting movie. Nightmares of my life. I pretend they are not there. Not around the corner. Not on the streets. Not in the room. No where. No where.
Mirrors. Mirrors. Everywhere.
But sometimes I pretend I can not see. I pretend that I am not crying.
Sometimes I pretend that I am deaf. I can hear no more. I can’t hear the screams for help. I can not hear the cries of the dead. I can’t hear the heart beat of fear. Of helplessness. The sound of death. No not death. Something worse than that.
But I am deaf. I can hear no such noise. I pretend that I am listening a sony walkman. All the time. Music. No cries.
Sometimes I pretend.
Sometimes I pretend that I can’t speak. I pretend that I can suffer without speaking. Like others. I pretend that I am dumb. Words don’t betray me. I feel but I can’t shout.
Sometimes I pretend that I can run. Sometimes I pretend that I can fly.
Sometimes I pretend that I’m not what I am.
CLOUD. SCRAP. BEE. ICE. PEBBLE. LEAF.
Sometimes I pretend that the world is a pretty rose garden.
Sometimes I pretend that all stories end with -lived happily ever after….