Frightened Little Girl

An empty feeling in my chest
memories i can't forget
snowball fights
presents under the tree
forgotten stories
broken dreams
how i wish we could return to that
though there was bad
there was also good
a time i thought i was understood
my grandparents smiling
my parents laughing
a happy family
we can be that no more
the loss of one
tore it all down
my precious memories
the only things that can be found
we've lost sight of everything beautiful in this world
reduced to a frightened little girl
all alone
an empty feeling in my chest
a lost child
who will never forget
the joy ,the anger,and the tears
the wandering thoughts she's been having for years
the loss of one
the loss of all
a broken family photo hangs from the wall
the frame is broken
the only thing left that appears
is the smiling face of the man
who was our rock and our tears