Disclaimer: I don't own the Matrix or either of its sequels. I don't own Trinity or any other character from the afore mentioned films. I do, however, own the words written here with the exception of the third-to-last line.

Boots, Fear, Love- 10 min.

I'm casting shadows now-
Bent over my boots,
Dim light leering over me.
I'm casting shadows now-
Pooling dark and deadly,
And no matter where I step,
Can't leave a single footprint-
No scuffs, no tracks,
Not even separate shadows.
Though hugging my ankles,
These boots offer no support
For ten shaking fingers.
My mind has walked so many alleys
While wearing now silent boots
Whose steel toes and synthetic leather
Will hold the dust of my bones.
No matter how tightly buckled,
Can't hold me together,
Hold me up.
They'll be gone too, in the end-
Nothingness.
Hair and nails, flecks of skin,
Hell, I'm always wearing death,
Dying a little, a little all the time,
Dying in my boots.
You make me forget that-
You light at the end of the world,
In all this ash, metal, wire,
These floors my boots have walked for centuries,
For seconds,
The floors I've thrown them on
When we went off to dance and dream,
The floors where you've worshipped my footsteps,
The floors that are no more-
Nowhere to stand.
Stand love,
Stand shaking and sweating,
Getting high off fear.
Fear, yeah, fear,
You can shake my fingers,
Spring my tears,
But fear, fear,
You don't scare me anymore.
You don't scare me anymore.
I'm not afraid anymore.
Let's go, love.
Let's go love.