Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Alexis tugged her knees tightly up against her chest as the banging footsteps approached.
"Why were they always so loud?" she wondered to herself. Yet in the same instance she was thankful for the noise, because in the silence they might have heard the sound of her breathing and found her. But the noise and darkness disguised Alexis and kept her safe in her small corner. Something within her longed to cry out to them, but fear choked her words into silence. She longed to stand up, move, stretch, and play with them, but instead she pressed herself tighter against the rough wall until it cut into her back. Soon the footsteps faded away to silence. Tears streamed down her face. She jumped to her feet and cried "Come back! I'm here! Don't leave, please, please don't leave." Only silence replied.
"Why were they always so loud?" she wondered to herself. Yet in the same instance she was thankful for the noise, because in the silence they might have heard the sound of her breathing and found her. But the noise and darkness disguised Alexis and kept her safe in her small corner. Something within her longed to cry out to them, but fear choked her words into silence. She longed to stand up, move, stretch, and play with them, but instead she pressed herself tighter against the rough wall until it cut into her back. Soon the footsteps faded away to silence. Tears streamed down her face. She jumped to her feet and cried "Come back! I'm here! Don't leave, please, please don't leave." Only silence replied.
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