Harmony

Every day I toed the line.

Pushed the limits.

Tested myself.

and failed.

I pushed harder than ever before.

Ran everything I had.

Came so close.

and failed.

I wasn't good enough for the task.

It laid before me and laughed in my face.

I hid my depressed inconsolable emotions

behind a cloud of frustration and anger.

I  couldn't be seen so weak over my failures.

So alone and so desperate.

So ready to give up.

and I cried.

I hated myself and my purpose was gone.

All I had worked for was lost.

I had nothing left.

and I cried.

I didn't show even a hint of my true feelings

until the day of my publicized failure.

When all would get to see the great Pegasus

fall flat on her face.

I began my performance with shaky breath and trembling hooves.

All of my failures led up to this point.

I could not turn back

my nightmare took hold

I recited my routine shakily with the grace of an Ursa Major

growing more and more ashamed as I flew.

It was all but over when

my nightmare took hold.

She fell so fast that she was a blur

to the stunned audience

that watched on in disbelief

when I suddenly found myself staring into her frightened, blue eyes.

I dove.

I lost all thought of my nightmare in the sky

as I plummeted toward mother earth

to help one near and dear.

I dove.

She looked at me with a glimmer of hope

but her panic held firm

she struggled and writhed

I dove.

I approached the wall.

It stood tall in front of me.

I can't cross it, I told myself.

I'm a failure, it cannot be done

Then I saw the desperation in her eyes, and a fresh scream of terror tore from her throat as she realized her fate.

I leaned in to the dive.

put everything I had into it

every ounce of being I still possessed.

determined to save her

I accelerated past any point I'd ever been at before.

it wasn't much further now but the greenery below was approaching fast.

if i was going to save her I needed more than this, but I was

determined to save her.

The wall loomed in front of me.

In its dark shadow I could see a tombstone cold and alone of my friend.

I stared back at the wall, with fire in my eyes, I could feel the adrenaline in my veins

as I struck it with all of the rage and anger I'd ever had.

and.

It shattered.

Into a million pieces it flew, each brick, each mortar fill, each and every particle of the wall flew

into the four corners of existence

as I flew through it

it shattered

I reached a place I thought I'd never return to.

a place of triumph and ecstasy

I smiled grimly as

it shattered

Right before we reached the earth.

I caught her.

I saved her.

I won.

I succeeded in my task.

My tears were of joy that night

as I laid in bed thinking to myself

how much Loyalty had brought to me.