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Chapter 45 - The March of a Thousand Umbrellas.

Where am I going?

How can I find the strength to break away?

The rain falls outside of this lonely window as I watch silently

The march of a thousand umbrellas. 

I watch as the clouds let loose their tears unlike myself. 

And all at once, the umbrella's close.

And all at once, a thousand faces are looking back at me.

Back at the love that I used to look to them for.

I cry.

A thousand mouths open.

A thousand single words all fall away into the drain just as the rain once did. 

I can't stop...

A thousand seconds pass.

A thousand hands rise.

Twice as many eyes look into my soul.

A soul that only I can truly see.

A heart that beats a thousand beats. 

All at once I take a thousand steps,

Seemingly in the wrong direction.

Instantly a thousand mistakes,

No hope for a thousand corrections.

Ans as those eyes look on,

My colors slowly fade to grey.

A thousand fingers point my way...

I die every time I close my eyes,

Therefore I've lived a thousand lives.

More than I could ever ask for.

A thousand more than I could ever share. 

Where am I going?

A thousand more steps could only lead me to where I already am...

I wish my heart would let me in.

One step closer.

One less than a thousand.

And all at once a thousand umbrellas open, throwing back the rain 

From whence it came. 

I cry.

For not even the rain will stay.

Not even the thousand faces that once looked my way...

Just march on.

A thousand steps further that I can no longer take.

A thousand more.

A thousand more.