So back turned, I just listened.

                                          Beauty

                                          By Kevin

Beauty is everywhere.

Everywhere means everywhere

Even within the ugly things.

Beauty is everywhere, everywhere

Is somewhere, Even in the things

That seems different.

My heart began to ache, I've used that word countless of times but hearing it right

here right now from him makes me feel uneasy.

Difference is everywhere,

Everything has difference

Such as difference has its beauty

Beauty, too has its difference

As the sky and the sea

Both beautiful sights to see

But both are very different.

And though beauty differs

It is plain to see

How the most beautiful differences

Lies within the bounds of you and me

Why should one hide away? Hide and turn away

The purest form of beauty, simply

Due to the differences two individuals share?

A whole 360, I turn to face him. It's as if he was speaking directly to me, his voice

trembling as if every word he speaks is a knife to his tongue. My heart aching with

each syllable, each letter is a stab to my heart. I could have? Did I really? I don't

understand? Did I really hurt him that much? No that can't be, I saved him. I saved

him from the heartache, I saved him from the brokenness of me. I made sure. I

made sure he knew why. I mean we're just too…

Different? Why is it such a bad thing? A terrible crime

As you speak about differences like a chase of the wind

Is It such a terrible crime?

For, why is being different such an ugly thing?

When most of the beautiful things in life

Are ever so different?

At this moment Alex felt every sense of electricity jolting through his body. His

palms dripping sweat, his mind racing, body frozen. He was beside himself,

taking every amount of strength to keep himself from collapsing to the ground.

His heart beating ever so loudly it engulfed his ears, so loud he knew he would

blow his eardrums out. His heart had traveled from his chest to his head. Every

word that Kevin spoke confirmed his fears all at once.

“He's talking about me.”

If the world is fine with its difference

Then why…. voicecracks

His voice crack filled my ears, everything else after that echoed out. I can't avert

my eyes. I want to run away but my feet are against me, keeping grounded on the

very ground I was sinking in. Oh how I wished the ground would open up and

swallow me whole in that moment. My heart was breaking. No… it was already

broken? But why? This doesn't make any sense? I have no reason to feel like this.. I

did the right thing. I know that all too well and yet, his words make me question

myself deeply, and make me question my intention. Did I do the right thing?

Then why…. Then why ... I'm so sorry turns away from the audience

In that moment my body grew a soul apart from mine, a soul that moved this shell

of mine all on its own. One minute I couldn’t move and the next I felt like I was

moving with the speed of light. Approaching the stage I screamed, I screamed so

loud internally and told myself to stop. Everything in me was screaming to turn

back, but to no avail. My feet moving ever swiftly and my body along with it

leaving behind the body of reason I was a moment ago. I couldn’t fully

comprehend what I was doing until I was walking up the stairs of the stage. There he was. Wiping his single tear that seemed to command my body to move. I’m

surprised it took this long. It felt like I was walking to him on that stage forever.

“A-Alex what are y…”

I grabbed his hand in response. Truth is I didn’t know what I was doing. I was

acting out of instinct like a moth that is instinctively drawn to a flame. I see the

danger, I see the consequences, but I also see him. That alone is enough to leave

behind all reason. What am I doing? What AM I doing? I still haven’t a clue, and

yet I don’t regret it…. Yet.

“Come with me” I say as I take off with him. Where? Who knows, just away from

here. He had a lot to say and I was… dare I say curious, intrigued? In any case

there’s no stopping now. I have him and there was no indication that the soul

that’s taking over this body, had any plans of letting him go.

“Alex what are…"

“Trust me.”

He was silent after that, but you know who wasn’t…

Lez- NO ALEX WHAT ARE YOU DOING??!! WHERE ARE YOU GOING !???

I looked directly at this dweeb and winked. The look on his face was priceless but I

didn’t stop, not for anyone.

Walking down the hall which felt like an eternity, no one said a single word. Hand

in hand and yet not a single sound, how am I going to explain this to him, I still

have no idea where I’m going.

Ms. Magmus- “… yes this is the last call for ballet lessons dear they start next week I

only have 4 spots left…”

I stop dead in my tracks. This. Was. It.

“A-Alex why are w…”

I turned to face him for the first time in eternity and smirked.

“Wait here Kevin, there’s something I need to do first”.

They’ll never know what hit ‘em.