When I was a little girl
I was afraid of the boogyman...
People are cruel and mean to others,
Dark clouds don't make good covers...
Why
why mom...
Your heart is hurting
Your world is crumbling...
I'm just a little girl
I just turned eight last week...
Tears slip down my face
and settle on my cheek...
I'm sitting there
a present at my feet...
Dear Self,
This is a reminder...
Hands enlaced with photographs of lovers
Kids and Cousins, Fathers and Mothers...
Blood and pain are a way of life
Her secret for staying alive...
Who ever really marries their first "True...
Saying "I Do" to the one they truly...
It takes the pain--------replaces it with guilt
It helps you escape---until you realize youre...