Daily prompt

By phoenix

I lost my balloon

It was red like a fire

It slipped from my fingers

It was my hope

It floated in the big blue sky

Away, away it went

I hung my head

Dropped to my knees

I didn't feel the rocks that cut my my legs

I didn't notice the water soaking my pants

Or the sun leaving the sky

Making way for the moon

All I knew was that my balloon was gone

But it was so much more than just a balloon

It was ME

and I was gone

Then she appears

Her balloon the color of the stars

Her eyes held the universe

And suddenly it didn't matter that I was gone

She took my hand

And we held that balloon

Together