Writing

At the top of the stairs a little girl stood,

holding her plush giraffe and a blank expression.

Her eyes were locked below at her parents hushed

conversation about the news.

A little girl...

I try

to strive in life

to get things done, to win

to be on top of everything

it's hard.

I've learned

that a concept

like life is hard to grasp

you have to learn to hold it, but

I'm sorry

but for what, you might ask?

Some people know

other people don't need to know

the point is that the message gets across.

I get it

I didn't mean to lash out at you

well, actually I did

Goodbye to a bright-lit soul

Lost to the power of pain

The fate’s thread has been cut

Into the candle wick I light

I sit here, silent, staring up at the sky where the sun seemed to be seconds ago, 

a special kind of calm can be found in the sunset

I think. 

Thinking is not unusual, as thoughts, they never stop

To adults, we’re just kids with phones. To us, those phones are the only way we’re ever heard.