[ she opens her eyes ]

she opens her eyes
and straight ahead
is the boat with her life;

she jumps in the ocean
and tries her hardest
to swing her arms forward.
it's pulling her down... down.
she knows she'll never live,
she inhales water and waits
for the numbness to take over her body.

slowly she comes to the surface.
and she wonders why her wrists hurt
so damn bad.

she looks down and there are deep cuts in them.
she falls to the floor, and stares at the ceiling,
at the glow-in-the-dark plastic stars,
she got for her 8th birthday...