The Witches of 4 a.m.
A kick once more. and the broom moves higher, the enemy right behind me, I surge further, faster and she follows, wanting to catch up. I mustn't let her, she wants what I have, and if she touches me, I'll dissolve in mid air, and she'll be me. It's a fight till the end, till one of us gives in, and I know it well enough now. Two brown specks in the sky, hair flying as clouds pass us by, The only way to get away is to tire her, so I keep pulling speed, my legs hurt as I move upwards where the clouds weaken and the air dies a little with every vertical feet, giving way to only blue, where there are no birds, only the sound of the wind, as I cut through it. She is on my track, trying desperately to catch up. Days and nights pass, continents disappear under us My body cries for rest, but it is unwilling to give up its identity, the one she so badly desires, her heart cold and grey over centuries of power, mine red and warm, overflowing with blood. Finally, over London, I lo