My Broken Wings
I felt the wind pull me, tugging and shifting, taking me this way and that. I was falling into the abyss. Into an unforgiving darkness, she calls out for me and my heart stops. I hear her voice ringing all around me, she's in despair, but I'm right there, beside her. I would never leave, but she can't see me, I won't let her.
I'm not who I once was, no longer beautiful, my face is no fit to grace the light. Yet I see her in tears for me. I want to tell her that I'm there, that all will be alright, but I can't. I'm not who I once was, no longer the one she loves.
Still, she cries for me, the Queen of her heart, the one that broke through her walls and diminished her spirit by disappearing.
She stands, staggering to the window, she smashes it, lashing out like a wild animal, she breaks everything, her fists bloodied, her face still stained by her tears. I flicker for a moment, as if to appear from no where, I immediately regret my mistake.
She turns, her eyes searching, "Regina? I know your here, I saw you. Where are you? Why did you leave me? I'm so sorry about Henry...that wasn't meant to happen. I don't blame you. It's not your fault, he just..."
I feel my heart break once again, for a long time I thought I couldn't feel, I thought myself immune to this, but I'm not. I was foolish to think otherwise.
"Please," she whispers softly, "come back to me! I need you Regina. I need us."
I feel my heart pound against my chest and once again my presence is known and I take this woman into my arms; she clings to me. It was in that moment I realised that...I knew what real pain was...and what it was to truly love someone.
