One dawn in May I woke from a slumber 

I walk on streets where no one remembers 

The eternal lamp posts would watch over their kids

Who never understood their ignorance as bliss

In front of me was a tall, skinny, frail projection

With long, tangled hair I refuse to mention

Old enough to have graduated high school

Yet she walks in three foot snow barefoot

Tripping over twigs, branches, no guide or map

I cannot see a face but instead a slouched back

Afflicted by knowledge, errors, and deceit 

She holds a paper so tightly in its sheath

Her expressions ranging from unhinged to heartsick

She stopped to think, to breathe, to vomit

I stare at the sight, having no words for the scene

Around her was pity from the stained grass to planted seeds 

It's dark outside with the full moon tonight

The term I would use being my favorite is twilight

The girl was here again in the middle of the road

Cars honked but never approached the ghost

Her eyes sunken, looking into the pit of death

A distrubed corpse which desired its rest

She walks into the building where I grew up 

Up the diagonal staircase, to the aged roof above

I run to catch the figure acting so bizarre

Until I saw me glare right back so close, so far

Bold and daring to stand on the edge

The edge of toment, of dread

Edge of despair, edge of laughs

Edge of dumpsters, of cartoons

Of lullabies, cookies, weddings, and the blues

Edge of life, death, and the great beyond

All, all for the relief of nothing

I caught her, thank God I caught her

Using my two hands to uplift the weak

I let out complains of whys and how could yous

She was blank, though guilt and anger laid opaque

I saw how much I grew, grew, grew

'Love is real, floating around in the air

Even if no one else does, just know that I do'

She paused as if to digest what was said

In a fraction of a second I hear her say

'I should not be here, not anymore'

Knocking my arm, she gets out of my grasp, loose

In shock, I look at the earth who will swallow her soon

With a smirk on her face, her lips read 'You'll be fine'

In mid-air, her body turned into white and pink petals

The wind carries them to the clouds of meadows

No longer on an urban building with commotion

I stood my ground on a broad, deep blue ocean

Downwards, the petals go spiraling around me

The sunrise makes its mark on the horizon of sea

On instinct, I run with all my heart towards that light

With the biggest smile I chose to continue the fight

Because one dawn in May, I woke from a slumber