Creases

I am waiting.

I am waiting.

I am waiting.

The darkness that once blankets my vision now reveals a brighter and newer day. A day in which I will wait and wait and wait.

I have been standing in the same spot. For hours. For days. I have never left this spot. My feet are covered in soil. I am the Earth.

The sun's beams hit my face. I am blinded by the heavens. I know that it will replenish me. I know that I will be alive again. But still, I wait.

The wind sweeps me from side to side and all that keeps me anchored are my feet in the soil. They want to break free, but I know that I will be here forever.

So I decide to wait. I wait for something, anything to happen.

Every day I sit and wait. I wait for the water to drip from the grey skies, I wait for the sun to shine down on my face and bring me joy. I wait for people to walk by and to pick from the flowers that lay beside me.

Then today, I see someone. My waiting has finally come to an end. He leans down and examines my beautiful physique. I strike a pose that I think will flatter him; maybe he will pick me. Maybe I have waited for the right person to come and bring me home.

He gets up, I wonder where he is going. He has stared at me for so long that I wonder if he is just playing games with my heart. And even so, I cannot bear to wait another day.

He stands so tall beside me, the sun rays that fill me with joy are blocked by him. Perhaps he will be my new joy.

His foot raises in the air like a god, he is about to do something! Oh, how I missed feeling my feet. They have wriggled so far beneath the soil that I cannot feel them anymore. But this being can show me how to move my feet again. He will bring me joy.

His foot is getting closer. And closer. And closer. And suddenly I feel my spine bend and break under his foot. My skin rips apart. My blood is exposed to the air. I can feel everything. I beg him to stop but he will not listen. I cannot speak.

His foot presses me to the Earth, I see nothing but dark.

Why would he do this to me? I was waiting for him, and he did this to me. And now I will never be the same. I will never stand the same. I will never feel the same.