almost enough

what is a hero?

hero/heroine

1. a person admired for bravery, great deeds, and noble qualities
2. the most important person in a story, play, or poem
3. in Greek legend, a person of more than human qualities

1. almost admired

the conch in his hand

cannot compare

to the boar

on the stake

2. Almost important

the ship passes by

fire unnoticed

unattended

the children play on

3. almost a demigod

his golden hair

a golden crown

he's not enough

anymore

the island is green

he hunts

sort of

he searches and chases

but the pigs' blood remains unshed

the island is green

between the high sea

and the high C#

the island is barren

with not a single teacher to praise him

nor a parent to love him

he dreams

he hopes to sink his knife into a pig

or two pigs or three

dilute the blood within the water

run the island red

but what does a high C# matter

when no one around cares?

his talents forgotten

the conch just out of his reach

the island remains green

and

i needed an escape; I went out, went somewhere

anywhere because i needed to leave and

what now?

i walked and walked until i stopped

and sat down with my bum on my heels and looked

until i could feel particles

buzzing in my feet from the cut off circulation but i still looked until

the light of the stars was burned into my eyelids

i closed my eyes and got up off the ground and

stomped the blood back into my feet but when i turned to go back

there she was

illuminated by the streetlight and i

was frozen

captivated by her beauty

and i was standing in the middle of the road like an idiot

but my legs were suddenly wires

not firm wires they were thin and breakable and i was sure i had

collapsed but then i was walking toward her and i gave her a

hand and we were walking

hand in hand

alongside the sleeping cars and empty shop windows

and there was a silence between us but

not really a silence more like a language

only we understood and we were

both barefooted and i felt

my heart

skip a beat

every time i looked at her and

every time she looked at me

i knew

we were both boundlessly happy and

i knew

that we would be okay

by the time time ran out for us