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

14 years old

More by QueenBee

  • Watch faces

    I talked with this third grader on the bus

    she asked to see my watch face. 

    I showed her and said, 

    "this is me and my boyfriend at a concert we played

    at the Flynn"

    are you still in love?

  • Girlhood

    The girls,

    the little kids on the bus, 

    switching seats and grabbing friends and TALKING

    loud and jarring

    life is joy, to them,

    life is play.

    I want them to stay there.