Searching...

She wishes she was so much more.

She's nothing though,

Alone,

Half-alive,

And still yearning for a sign of life from her soul.

Those brown eyes seem to melt away into nothingness,

When she looks in the mirror,

All she sees is that same little girl she saw 10 years ago,

Only now, she has to pretend to be grown up.

Pretend to be an adult,

Not because she wants to be,

But because she's told to be.

All she wants is to crawl into her mother's arms,

Feel loved,

And know that she's safe.

She wants to swing on swings,

And laugh so hard it hurts for her to move the next day.

Another night is coming to an end,

And she feels like she's wasted another day.

And it makes her cry,

Because she just wants to be herself once again.

And stop searching for an adult to portray.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

this is an old one i wrote freshman year and actually read outloud.  it's a work in progress.

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