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I RAN

My Desert Journey

By Eddie HeathPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
I RAN
Photo by Silas Baisch on Unsplash

Something weird happened to me this weekend

Once again I was placed in handcuffs

But this time they didn't offer me 60 years in prison

Instead they stuck me in a mental health institution

Staff was really nice, let them do their thing

Told them they need to have me out in 2 hours

And thats all I'm offering

Within 1:30 I kicked the door open and I ran

I ran and I ran and I ran

Thoughts flailing, when did hospitals become the 

size of college campuses?

I ran and I ran and I ran

Finally made it to a city street

Hope the main intersection up ahead gives me the walk sign

I ran and I ran and I ran

Bear feet, no shirt just pajama pants

But I ran, haven't felt this free in so long

The adrenaline, the sweat, heart beating

takes me back to the time when I was about 15

Couple of friends and I were being chased by the cops

Jeremy A.K.A Dillinger, tall slinky kid

Leaped over the hood of a moving cop car

I remember thinking at the time "Holy Shit he

didn't just do that?"

That was to be my option if I get to this main intersection

and the walk sign eludes me

It's either that or end up road kill

Perhaps I am suicidal and should have stayed at the hospital

Walk sign is my friend and so I ran

But where am I going? Who am I gonna call?

They took my phone along with all my personal

belongings because they deemed me a danger to self

Right now Doctors, Nurses, Law Enforcement and hospitals

are the danger so I ran

Funny thing is sometimes what appears to be the worse day 

of your life actually turns out to be the best thing for your future

And so I ran to the door of my future

You can make the ending anything you want 

I just ask that you make it HAPPY!

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Eddie Heath

Amateur writer, Investor and Realtor

Eddieheath2.medium.com

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