I'm all alone, standing at the world's edge.
The gray world I live in surrounds me, a world where time is frozen,
the only sound is that of my shuffling feet as I walk closer to the edge.
I look down.
And I see you, laughing and smiling, happier than you've ever been.
I smile too, if you're happy, then so am I. But then it stops as soon as it began.
My smile falls away as I realize why you are all so happy.
I'm not there.
You're hugging your daughter, our daughter, and smiling, talking with your brother.
And he is smiling too, the emotionless man your brother is is laughing along side you.
You're all so happy. And I can't help but think it's because I'm not there.
The world around me gains a crack.
Images of you all laughing, smiling, and having a good time appear before me,
everyone appears, and then I realize. You've all forgotten me, and you're happy.
If a person disappears, and no one remember them, who is to say they ever existed at all?
Another crack breaks through my world.
Someone pokes my shoulder; I turn around quickly to face them.
It's him.
The boy from my memories, the boy from the early days, the boy who was my whole world,
but he was dead. He died, like everything else I love does.
A third crack appears.
He smiles at me and holds out his hand, gesturing for me to take it.
And I do.
The two of us dance through the gray world of mine, smiling.
We stop, and now I'm back at the edge.
I look down again and see him.
He smiles and waves,
gesturing for me to jump too.
I hesitate and look down.
I take a deep breathe and run.
The world falls apart, and for a second, I think I hear you shouting my name.
I smile.
And I jump, off the edge of my world…
Forever
And the glass shatters.