It was important to me, but now it’s gone. Plus, they had taken my name away from me. Too many names and not enough feelings to care. They always told me their names but I never tried to remember them. “Your test scores are optimal.” the doctor said. Let me pretend I was on a grassy hill and was just taking a nap. “Run boy run! The sun will be guiding you”Įvery morning I saw the sun rising up from my window. My feet followed my mind and I ran to the hills.

Then I saw the hills and the sun slowly setting behind them. When I started running, I didn’t know where I had wanted to go. It felt like freedom, even though I was about as free as a caged bird.

“Run boy run! Beauty lays behind the hills” The fluid was a bright pink, the only color in I ever saw. The last time I complained I lost food privileges for two days. On my legs, knees, head, arms, everywhere. It’s not living if you can’t do what you want. To go back to the tests and medicine smell. “Run boy run! They're trying to catch you” I wanted to do all the things people did. People thought I would bring death and destruction to those around me. “Run boy run! This world is not made for you” “He’s escaping! Call in all guards not currently on duty! He’s running to the west! Capture him alive!” The radio crackled as the words came out.

Run boy run the sun will be guiding you