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You get transported to a realm of unfathomable beauty
The landscape vast and full of hidden treasure
But to access it
You must face your worst nightmare
A red blur passes you by and you wonder why couldn’t say goodbye when she left
You look up to the blue sky, and it takes you back to when you were happy
It seems like another life, considering where you’ve been
You suddenly trip but the lush green grass halts your fall
You feel like you could spend eternity resting on its cool surface
You spot an orange comet shooting through the endless void
Creeping towards you, your mind wants to move but your body does not obey
It keeps crawling
You can see it clearly now, a sphere of flaming rocks rushing towards you
Why can’t you move?
Is it maybe because you want to feel something?
It hits you, the pain spreads like wildfire, forcefully shoving you backwards into the depths of the ocean
The brisk ocean washes your tears away as you sink slowly into the abyss
Thinking back to each and everyone of your mistakes
Trying to comprehend what made you make them
You see the sandy floor of the ocean
But when you reach it, you go through, and land on a bright street
You know where you are.
As the rain hits your face
You frantically search for your locket
The one with her photo inside
But the yellow headlights of taxi cabs, street lights and billboards distract you
Piercing through the commotion is her voice, talking with someone you used to know
Her eyes, brown like the trunk of the tree that used to grow in your house.
The person she is talking to looks like a version of you
But with one key difference
He is happy.
You get closer as they chat about their future together and how they want it to last forever
You have had this conversation before
With the same woman
On the same night
You know where this is going
You want to rush over and tackle the stranger before he utters those words that he will regret Exactly 1 second after he says them
You spot an old man on the sidewalk and he looks at you
Shaking his head he walks off
As if he knows what's going on
As if he is in the same situation as you
It seems time slows down, because the raindrops hitting her fuchsia umbrella are barely moving His mouth opens, you close your eyes, not wanting to be here
But when he opens his mouth, he doesn’t say what you said
No
He compliments her yellow dress
He doesn’t ruin their relationship
He did what you should have done
You drop through the sidewalk
Returning to the sandy floor of the ocean
But you can see your tears
As if all the colors have shifted
As if you have shifted.
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