defining moments [madelyn/marr]
Apr 30, 2020 6:52:07 GMT -5
Post by k!ah on Apr 30, 2020 6:52:07 GMT -5
E V I E ♣ H A R L O T
"Doing everything that I believe in, Going by the rules that I've been taught, "
The sound of waves crashing into the shore surround me. I listen as the earth pushes and pulls, I watch as the water cascades down on itself. It was a ironic really, the way the waves crashed into the earth. It illustrated todays event to a T. I was the earth, taking the pounding waves one after another, after another, but never really pushing back. Just like in the ring. My opponent had pushed me around, me taking too many hits that in the end I couldn't fight back. I wasn't quite sure where I had gone wrong. I had failed today and it had hit me harder than I initially thought. I had gone in so confident, so sure that I'd win. But I had not, and everyone I cared about had come to watch. Watch me fail. Darla had watched me fail, watched me get beaten to a pulp and I knew how much that hurt her. I had asked her to come, I knew that she had not wanted to come, that watching events such as these made her feel sick. Especially when it was me down there in the ring. She didn't like watching me get hurt, but she had time ago asked me to stop.
The sun had disappeared a while ago now, leaving the beach draped in darkness save for the moon shining brightly in the sky. I liked it like this, when there was no one around. I could hear myself think and that what I needed right now. I knew that I wasn't supposed to be out here, the district was under strict instructions to stay indoors after 7pm, but I couldn't be trapped indoors. I needed to be out in the open, feel the salt kissed air against my face. I needed to be free, not cornered. It hadn't been all that difficult to sneak out either, seeing as I lived on one of the few house boats anchored at the pier. No one had been around, and I had easily been able to find a small secluded spot near the tree line. Out of view.
Closing my eyes I block out thoughts about today. I had to get over it. You get knocked down, you pick yourself right back up. Thats what mum always said. She was right of course. This wasn't going to be the first time that I get knocked down. I was only young, I was going to be knocked down hundreds of times. And each time I was going to bounce back 10 times stronger.
I was not going to let this moment be a defining moment."All that you see is me,And all I truly believe"