Empty sadness
Fills the room
And hangs in the air.
My mind is blank,
My heart gone numb.
My glances drift to a stare.
Then the void memories
Float thoughtlessly
Through my head.
All the dreams I used to have,
The things I used to do,
All the things I’ve said.
I never quite was
The average little girl,
But I had the average dream.
I just wanted happiness
That was simple enough
Or so it would seem.
But happiness to me
Wasn’t keeping out of trouble
And getting my good grades.
I knew joy
Would come to me
The day the past fades.
I carried burdens
That no innocent child
Should ever have to bear.
I wore shackles
And now wear scars
No youth should ever wear.
Looking back,
The pain’s too real,
The road I traveled-too long.
But here and now
My biggest fear
Is that I may no longer be that strong.
Age 15
Fills the room
And hangs in the air.
My mind is blank,
My heart gone numb.
My glances drift to a stare.
Then the void memories
Float thoughtlessly
Through my head.
All the dreams I used to have,
The things I used to do,
All the things I’ve said.
I never quite was
The average little girl,
But I had the average dream.
I just wanted happiness
That was simple enough
Or so it would seem.
But happiness to me
Wasn’t keeping out of trouble
And getting my good grades.
I knew joy
Would come to me
The day the past fades.
I carried burdens
That no innocent child
Should ever have to bear.
I wore shackles
And now wear scars
No youth should ever wear.
Looking back,
The pain’s too real,
The road I traveled-too long.
But here and now
My biggest fear
Is that I may no longer be that strong.
Age 15