A Vampire's Perspective

Sunlight beams down
A hundred faces feel its warmth
Its light

All I feel is pain

I look up through shielded eyes
At that which I once knew
Once loved
That which I have come to hate

My gaze descends

From the shadows I stare out
And turn my eyes from one to next
Those that walk in sunlit fields

I step forward

My skin burns with sunlight's touch
The pain is fierce
But I do not scream

I continue moving

I pass a shadow on my left
Another on my right
My skin screams at me
It wants a shelter I cannot give
I endure the pain to hide myself

My instincts flare

People pass me all around
One comes too close
I feel the blood
I smell it
I sense it

My heart beats faster

My mouth waters
I can taste the blood
I want to strike
But know I can't
I close my eyes

A deep breath

My calm returns
My eyes reopen
I keep walking
The thirst has passed

An hour later

I'm with my friends
An empty bliss
Surrounded by faces
I'm still alone

I step back

They walk in the light
I in the dark
They know not what I am
And I know none like me

Hours pass

Night has fallen
I feel alive
My heart is racing
The night air makes my blood boil

I am free

The moonlight shines on my face
Its cool rays refresh my skin
Excitement fills my body

I am content

But it doesn't last
I close my eyes
And dawn quickly returns

Another day

I see my friends
I go to class
I let the sun burn my skin again
All to hide myself

All I want is to belong