She was lost and afraid, alone in an endless maze of despair
that she had no hope of escaping. Everything she had done, she
had done for her someone. But it had all been for nothing, her
effort and prayers amounting to little more than broken dreams.
Despite how hard she had tried, how much she hadgiven, it hadn’t
been enough.
“All I want is for the person I like to be happy. If they can be happy,
then that would be my greatest wish,” she whispered to herself, as if she
were once again repeating her reasoning for not going after the one she loved.
So she was left with nothing at all, not even the hope for her friend’s future.
Her lonely heart was stripped of even that, the one thing that had made her life
worth living, that had given her empty life some substance.
Bare feet shifted on cold metal as a pale ghost of a woman looked out into
the cold night sky. Above lay the sparkling stars in the sky while below lay the
shining lights of the many buildings that stretched out endlessly into the dark
horizon. Wet tears dripped down her chin, falling past her feet, tiny diamonds
dropping from up above like rain drops. She couldn’t help but wonder if she
had never gone, this whole thing could have been avoided.
Wind whipped her hair around almost violently in the dark night. Tears
sparkled dimly as they fell past the locks of hair. She felt trapped, boxed in.
Death held no fear for the girl. It held release in it’s grasp, and salvation for the
happiness she wished to protect. She could finally escape her loneliness and torment,
leaving them as well as her masks behind.
And with that, the world gave away beneath her. The girl plummeted,
falling for what felt like an eternity, but seeming like nothing more than
precious seconds. Releasing a weak sob, she clutched her hands to her chest.
Her hair streaked behind her as she took flight, diving to the world below. Her soul
had been broken a short time ago. Now her body would join it, broken on the
pavement below. It would finally be over. Her eyes closing, her mind shifted
through countless images of her beloved. She was going to die, but her thoughts
went immediately to the person she loved. ‘Please don’t cry. It makes me sad to see
you cry,’ she begged as the pavement rushed up at her like a bullet train....