Summary: Can you escape?
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, settings, etc. pertaining to the series Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling.
I was running again, always running; whether in dreams or reality, I couldn't ever escape it. It held fast onto me, an unbreakable chain trapping my freedom, its tight grasp slowly cutting off my air, as I slowly withered away unnoticeably.
Run.
Run.
Don't stop.
It's catching up.
Hurry.
Don't look back.
It's right behind you.
I came upon this place accidentally, in my desperation for escape. It was salvation. A sanctuary, away from the world, where I could hide for just one moment, before that chain yanked me back into reality.
Please, let me stay.
Please, let me be safe.
Please, let me live.
Please, don't let it get me.
Please.
It was peaceful here, and for a moment, I could believe I was free of weight constantly bearing down upon me. I could hope for a future all my own. But it was not to be. That night, I was there, just sitting, just watching nothing at all, just pretending. Unfortunately, even this tiny bit of peace was to be taken from me. Nothing would ever be my own.
No.
There's no escape now.
I'm tired now.
I'm out of breath.
I've run out of hope.
I could feel the chain in the air, seeping into the one place I thought I could actually be safe. It would forever hold me down, forever make my choices for me, forever control my life and me. I no longer had the strength to oppose it. Had I ever really wanted to?
It's here now.
It's time.
It's over.
It was always meant to end this way.
It was fate.
It was my destiny.
It was close now, the cool metal burning my skin, forever branding it with its invisible marks. I lay back, eyes closing in an ironic peace or resignation, before blackness consumed me forever, and the manacles of the afterlife dragged me back to whence I came.
Goodbye now.
I tried, but no one cared.
I was left alone.
Now, I leave you all alone.
But do you care even now?
A/N: I don't know where this came from. I wasn't in a bad or sad mood, yet this came out anyways. I hope you liked it. Suddenly, these random ideas popped into my head and I just had to write them down. I suppose you can imagine it to be any character you want, although I had a specific person in mind when I wrote it. Although, when I look back, I think another person could fit it better.