Francesca Beard
Character
There is The Angry One, The Lost One, The Chosen One.
There is The Running One, The Last One and The Charmed One.
There is The Mirror and The Sword, The Seeker and The Sought.
You choose.
Fill in the blanks, give yourself a name, a shape and colour,
A gender, music to cry to, favourite ice-cream, allergies.
Give yourself a heart.
Give yourself a what and a where, a when, a how, a why and a who.
Give yourself a want.
If you want love and you are an angry one, you may want love angrily,
Or be angry because you want love.
If you want love and you are lost, you may not know who you are.
If you want love and are chosen, you may not choose your love.
If you want justice and are running, you may be running from the law.
If you want justice and are the last, you might be running from a war.
If you want justice and are charmed, you may attract dangerous allies.
If you want freedom and are a mirror, you will reflect.
If you want freedom and are a sword, you will fight.
If you want power and seek it, you will cause weakness and strength.
If you want power and are sought, you will cause strength and weakness.
The permutations are endless,
We know them all.
They are in us, waiting to be told.