THE GLEAM TO MY DAY

by KAT

Today I wake with such a gleam. I have a new step to my beat. I dress quick and do my hair, trying to hurry, trying to get there. I can’t walk fast enough it seems. My feet feel as if they’re dragging. I am walking, more like jogging, at a fast pace. Here it is, the building I see. I buzz the door and wait. Feeling only my heart pace. It quickens to the point I can’t breathe. Finally it’s opening. Slowing down in the crowd that holds a thousand faces. I walk in a normal way trying not to give my excitement away. I walk down the corridors not saying a single word. I’m almost there. This is absurd. I see the stairs and start to glide. Wishing I could instead fly. Ha! I’m here. In front of the old wooden doors. I have to wait one second more. I must try. Must try and breathe. I need to think before I see. See what I have been waiting for. I think I’m going to fall to the floor. I grab the handles slowly. Turn the knob…bump…bump…bump… Sssshhh, my heartbeat. The door now opens. Now I see. I see him standing so far away. In this gym so big on the other side is where my heart now tends to fly. He turns around and through the crowd comes to meet me. We hug and kiss for we have missed each other’s warm embrace. I can’t believe I finally made it to this heavenly sent place.