Dec 2017
"Today," She says with a gleam in her eye "Today I shall sing, today I shall make the best of what I can be. Today, I shall be me."
She closes her eyes and smiles, her smile that everyone loves
That smile has caused tears of joy, smiles of others and hope
Hope that the day will be full of wonder, that even though the day will be rough, I can make it through
She walks down the well-lighted halls of her school, cool air runs down her back as her feet hit the ground making a rhythm only she can know
A hand
A hand she feels on her back and a foot on her leg
She falls
She falls down an endless well of darkness
Pins and needles run down her body as the hands that pushed her and the feet the tripped her hurt her
"You're worthless!" They yell in her ear, the words wrapping around her mind that held imagination that she was told held importance
"You're nothing!" They scream their voices echo through her skull as if it was a cave.
A dark, unknown cave that if a wrong step was made it could a crash and bury her
Soon they left, leaving her on the ground alone, shivering on the cold floor
Though she was covered head to toe with cuts and bruises she dusted herself off and grabbed her stuff smiling
She walked into class and sat down, smiling
She went through the day, smiling
She walked home, the bullies from before throwing trash at her, she smiled through it all
"What is going on?" Her mother asks worried, her daughter is covered in cuts and bruises and yet, she smiles
"Nothing mommy." She simply says and gives her a hug, a tight one, as if it were her last
She heads up her stairs and into her room locking blue tattered door
"Today is the day I will be sung to. Today I will see daddy again." She puts her school supplies on her bed and pulls out a brown box, covered with rips and tears.
She hums her lullaby softly and opens the box pulling out pictures of her family, she smiles
She walks to her window and unlocks the hatch and looks up at the sky
"I'm going to miss you mommy, but daddy and I will watch over you." She steps up on the window sill and closes her eyes
Wind catches her hair and opens her arms as child would when running to someone they love
"Today," She smiles up at the clouds "Today I'm going to fly."
She closes her eyes and smiles, her smile that everyone loves
That smile has caused tears of joy, smiles of others and hope
Hope that the day will be full of wonder, that even though the day will be rough, I can make it through
She walks down the well-lighted halls of her school, cool air runs down her back as her feet hit the ground making a rhythm only she can know
A hand
A hand she feels on her back and a foot on her leg
She falls
She falls down an endless well of darkness
Pins and needles run down her body as the hands that pushed her and the feet the tripped her hurt her
"You're worthless!" They yell in her ear, the words wrapping around her mind that held imagination that she was told held importance
"You're nothing!" They scream their voices echo through her skull as if it was a cave.
A dark, unknown cave that if a wrong step was made it could a crash and bury her
Soon they left, leaving her on the ground alone, shivering on the cold floor
Though she was covered head to toe with cuts and bruises she dusted herself off and grabbed her stuff smiling
She walked into class and sat down, smiling
She went through the day, smiling
She walked home, the bullies from before throwing trash at her, she smiled through it all
"What is going on?" Her mother asks worried, her daughter is covered in cuts and bruises and yet, she smiles
"Nothing mommy." She simply says and gives her a hug, a tight one, as if it were her last
She heads up her stairs and into her room locking blue tattered door
"Today is the day I will be sung to. Today I will see daddy again." She puts her school supplies on her bed and pulls out a brown box, covered with rips and tears.
She hums her lullaby softly and opens the box pulling out pictures of her family, she smiles
She walks to her window and unlocks the hatch and looks up at the sky
"I'm going to miss you mommy, but daddy and I will watch over you." She steps up on the window sill and closes her eyes
Wind catches her hair and opens her arms as child would when running to someone they love
"Today," She smiles up at the clouds "Today I'm going to fly."
