Baby

I'm lying half asleep, 
in a bed to small to support my aching body.
thinking.
about nightmares coming true
and questions I'm too lazy to find the answers to. 
how can a useless, helpless, harmless infant be called
baby
and so can a woman,
to young,
just to see 
she's only being used?

 
Vibes

emi_art_now

NY

15 years old

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    leaving the heart

    she takes the stairs, 

    her heels click clacking down the hardwood steps. 

    she turns the tarnished silver doorknob, 

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    before her sits a man. 

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    too far to hold

    I catch a glimpse. 

    from afar, 

    the shine of his silky hair in the golden sunlight

    his expression unreadable, 

    as if he's pondering something he'd never tell a soul. 

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    watching him

    Kathy watched out her window as Samuel left his apartment, 

    spit his gum on the ground

    and lit his cigarette. 

    the same as yesterday. 

    the same as every day. 

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