"Hello!" She started cheerfully
as she listened to the static on the other line.
A quiet conversation was carried out
between herself and an unfamiliar emptiness.
After she hung up, she smiled to herself
and began to tear at her skin with frail fingers.

"Hello?" She called into the rain,
her blood poured down with the storm.
The thunder shook and rocked her,
while she pulled her hair out.
Tossing it to the damp ground,
she smiled to herself.