Title: Anywhere But Here
Fandom: For most of my poetry, assume SWAT Kats unless I say otherwise.
Pairings: None
Object of affection: As usual, Callie Briggs.
Rating: PG

"Anywhere But Here"

I walk.

Unknowing and uncaring of where I go, as long as I get away.
Away from this place.
Away from this life.

I walk along roads and highways, fields and streams, until I can walk no
farther.

I find myself in the hills, surrounded by trees.

I stop by the bank of a small stream, listening to the melody of the
water as it rushes over the rocks.

Closing my eyes, I relax and let the magic of the moment fill my heart
with peace.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I hear a voice telling me that I have
to go back.

Ignoring it I go back to sleep, and for the first time in years I feel
like I belong.
Like I had been away from home all this time, and I just
now returned.

I know that all too soon this dream world will go away, and I'll be back
in reality once more.

But for now I am happy.

Because it's only here that I can be myself.

I can be whom ever I want to be without being frowned upon or ridiculed.

My heart is so full of hope and dreams that it feels like it is going to
burst.

Overwhelmed I start to cry.

Tears of happiness replacing ones of sadness and despair.

And in the midst of this happiness, my alarm goes off and I wake up.

Wishing I was anywhere but here.

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"If I am nothing more than my dreams I say let me dream, and pray I never
awaken."