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1.0k · Oct 2012
A New Strength
Josie Oct 2012
Just like every other day
She comes home to face her misery,
Numb from the daily horrors
Of the excruciatingly long day.
She gazes at at the picture
of her baby brother and sister,
With whom she never got to meet.
She begins to cry out
"Why me, and not them;
This useless waste of a life?"
Ready to join them on the other side,
She raises the pills to her mouth,
With the alcohol ready to force them down.
Suddenly she hears a whisper
Calling softly but strongly, saying
"Do it for us. Be strong for those who cannot,
and we promise we will do the same for you!"
she lowered the pills away from her mouth,
and dumped out every last drop of alcohol.
And with that , her strength was restored,
And lived on on honor of those who couldn't
924 · Oct 2012
Never thought twice
Josie Oct 2012
Every day that girl greets you.
That girl with those eyes bluer than a cloudless sky,
And that smile full of life and warmth like the sun.
Every day she asks you how you're doing.
She just wants to know that you're ok.
You feel nice, but never think twice.

Then one day as that girl greets you, you notice
Her eyes are less blue, like the sky just before a mild shower,
And her smile is lukewarm, like hot chocolate that was left out too long.
Every day she asks you how you're doing.
She just wants to know that you're ok.
You feel nice, but never think twice.

Time goes on, that girl still greets you.
Her eyes have now turned to gray, like the sky during an angry storm,
And her smile feels cold and lifeless, like the frost bitten branches on a dying tree.
Every day she asks you how you're doing.
She just wants to know that you're ok.
You feel nice, but never think twice.

Time goes on,  and you watch thiat girl just fade away, until one day that girl is gone.
That girl with the eyes once bluer thank the skies on a cloudless day,
And that smile full of life and warmth like the sun.
She just wanted to know that you were ok.
You felt nice, but never thought twice
Until one day it was too late to think twice.

— The End —