The Chase Of You - A Tale.

 

I was always used to running behind you.

Like it was an addictive habit, a routine thrill.

A never ending game of hide and seek.

You peaked from behind the trees,

making sure I'm right behind;

That I'm not too far nor too close.

You stood on pebbles watching me struggle to climb.

Left trails for me to follow,

watched me get lost in the forests searching.

I hear your voice echo my name as I look for you everywhere.

You flee through deserts 

as your beauty lures me.

We run into mirror mazes

as I fall for your reflections,

soon to bump back into reality.

Until one day, you stop.

A long journey of "you" had finally come to an end.

I gasped.

For once, you were within my reach.

No longer was your back facing me.

No longer was I out of breath.

At once, you start walking towards me.

The textures of your skin and the colour of your lips that I admired from a distance become more vivid as you approached.

 

Until I realize, we stand whispers apart as your tender hands envelope my cheeks.

Isn't this the touch I longed for ?

Isn't this all that I dreamt of ?

It was you I had wanted for all my life, for all eternity;

But...but I no longer felt your charm.

The butterflies around you withered,

the stars in your eyes dimmed.

Your aura vanished as if a long cast spell was broke.

Maybe all that I ever craved for was your wanting.

Maybe it was never about you,

It was about the chase.

The chase of 'you'.

As I fail to tell,

You depart for the rising moon.

And that is when I long for you again.