"How are you?"
She smiles back,
A grin developing like an old polaroid.
"I'm fine!"

She's determined to never let them see
That each night she needs to just be
On her own so she eats silently and locks herself in her room
Hiding from the ice that her home has become
It almost makes her wish
To go back to words
Thrown like stones

No matter where she turns
It's like she's a ******* burden

First it was the battle of the Titanic
Her parents marriage was far too grand to last.
Next came the sister ship Olympic
Who thought a second try was going to be a blast?

Both were too big, too bright, too cocky to be true.
So she models herself after them
Because when the Titanic hit the iceberg
The first thing people said
Was not, "We should pack up and move"
But
If we take just one more drink,
What would it hurt
Just one more dance
Can't do anything

And really, if that isn't the perfect explanation of her life,
she doesn't know what is.

So for now, she'll keep her eyes firmly shut
Pretending things are right and **** if she won't fight to keep it that way
Silently struggling
Until the day she can no longer grin and say
"I'm fine."