berry flavored sunbeams
through the curtains her
thoughts condensed to water
lingering below an
AC unit above rugged, tired
drips to a murky puddle watching
fragile people close their
eyes to open hearts she
didn't move but somehow
snuck over the windowsill clambered
over the bridge with a scraped knee she
went to a meadow valley peppered white
you saw her and you knew.
deep inside a girl buried her
face to a tattered pillow
breathing disheartened, melancholy sighs
watching fireflies in the eyes of someone
far away, it wasn't even there
they weren't real, and she knew.
you pull her close lead her outwards facing
liquid sunshine wandering whispers turn
to knowing, realized it was wrong
this time, same as last
opened her eyes with a heart still open, she sees
berry flavored sunbeams
through the curtains again, this time
she can see what's behind them, too