Life goes by in a flash,
In an instant plans are memories,
Photographs the only residue
Of past normalities,
And then the realization
You’ve been going on along the whole time,
Without ever seeing it.

Lined up, filed, on the shelf
Sealed and tucked away
Frozen fragments, stolen moments
Please don't fade away
Please don't go up in flames
Please don't go down in floods
Stay

Here with me to look at and once again see
Tiny hands, innocent eyes, lips - juicy
Full face, rosy cheeks, legs that I could eat
Looking at me, loving me
Holding you, my smile - your smile
Love

Now I sit with you caught in these moments
Us together, happy, so young - naive
You are not here now
You are not with me
You are at another house, another home
With pictures just like these
Life

Where we could have been
The places a different pairing could have seen
You live in your two worlds
I live in mine
It will never be the same
Time

In the closet, she laid curled up on the floor. Her vision overcomed by darkness and all she could hear was the collision her eyelashes made with the lens of her glasses.

She remained very still as she heard her fathers heavy footsteps slowly fade away as he headed downstairs. She didn't want him to find her, nor her mother.

She was tired of receiving hateful glances and shouts directed at her. She didn't understand why they hated her so much. Why they used her in order to release their anger.

She dreamed of the day she'd finally be able to leave this horrible place that no longer deserved to be named home.