NinjaGirl

The Tall and Skinny Brooding Man

walking down the path

if you want to call it that

concrete that leads to anywhere

alone under a street lamp glow

long roads with car headlights

I see him again and he\'s waiting

I didn\'t know if i\'d ever see him

not after that night

it\'s like he knew I was coming

that I was wandering without aim

come to give my life direction

but he watches me slit my wrists

and the blood pours out

he looks at me with a slight tilt

a slight tilt in his head and figure

I fall to the ground

the concrete scrapes my legs

but all I can feel are my arms

the street lamp near here doesn\'t work

the only glow comes from the distant moon

the man grabs the knife I had

and plunges it into my chest

once, then twice, then he drops the knife

I see the headlights of a car

a car coming down the street

but when their lights reach me

seconds later, the man vanishes

almost like he wasn\'t there

but I know he was

because the knife\'s gone too

not seeing me, the car passes

and so do I 

but just before I do

the man looks down upon me

and I see sadness in his eyes.