Impact

i’ve been wandering the river for awhile now

My toes whispering against its edge

i am lost and alone

A fifteen year old girl

Barely into high school, barely out of it

And there is worry, so much worry

Filling my lungs

The vapor curdling certainly doesn’t help

Obscuring everything so even the birds can't see

The sky is non existent

Or maybe it’s the headache that’s veiling my eyes

An old gyspy woman is watching me

Her pale eyes reflecting the water

She grabs my hand, her fingers cold

And murmurs

“What do you want?”

i can only respond in a whisper.

“A future.”

She nods

“So did I”

She melts into fog

And swirls away over the river

And i am lost and alone again