Step into the darkness...

What could it possibly take from you to take another step, to walk- wisely and slow, for they stumble that run fast. What could you possibly lose?

The ground is beneath you; the rough, damp surface of the earth gritting its teeth beneath your feet...and an expanse of darkness lies before you. Like a wide-mouthed cave, it calls out to you, this darkness. It calls out, softly, calls you by your first name. A voice so familiar, yet so piercing. Sharp stainless steel lashes slice your skin with each ringing call. It draws you forward and yet, with the same force, it pulls you back.

You know not what is stretched out before you, clothed in this taunting darkness, walking in the manner of time.

What could it possibly take from you to move forward, just one more step into the future...

I think it's just dawned on me that I'm going back to school in less than a week.

I do love school, I enjoy most of my classes, I love all my friends, I love the whole boarding environment...but I don't want to go back. I honestly feel sick just writing about it now. If I'm already homesick before leaving home what is going to happen to me by the time I get to school?

When I go back, I'm likely not going to see my lovely baby sister for about three months.

On a brighter note, I did have the best holiday ever! Especially the trip to New York! The shopping was completely AMAZING! I wish Christmas would come round the corner quickly.

In the mean time, I'll just have to take this dreaded step into the daunting darkness. By the end of this academic year anyway, I'll be done with secondary school.