I wish

I wish I could be you.

Running to your room

Plugging your ears

Whenever there's a scary part of a movie

And coming back out in time

To see the happy ending -

Closing your eyes

Covering your face

When you see a car crash

A box of my best friend's ashes

Anything dark

Running 

Hiding from death

From hard things.

And I'm angry,

That while you get to walk through life

With your eyes closed

I have to keep mine open

Because that's what she deserved

That's what they deserved

And you

Can't always run away

From what scares you.

QueenBee

VT

13 years old

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    With a family who loves him

    But can't help him

    Because he needs to help himself first

    This man

    Drunk on hatred for himself

    For this world

    "Hopeless", they all say

    With their eyes

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    I am grateful.

    Grateful that three no-longer-kids,
    Grown-up,

    Jobs-and-girlfriends-and-college boys

    Are there for me

    Have my back

    Even though we haven’t talked for a while

    Even though we live hours away

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    Every time I think you did nothing to me

    But I can feel you

    Creeping around who I’ve become

    In my relationships

    Beyond you -

    I didn’t know how to do this,