Soon enough
The world will fade
Back into
A bleak grey haze
Soon enough
There'll come along
Someone who
Will know her song
And when they do
She'll cry out loud
Sooner now
Will come the day
A day when
All her fears will stray
Sooner now
She hears her heart
It's weeping for
It's torn apart
But when they come
She will be free
Almost there
The time is nigh
She grins through tears
And gives a sigh
Now he's here
And she can fall
Head o'er heels
He's heard her call
But he isn't here
And he will not come
Deluding and dreaming
She opens her door
Bottles lay scattered
Dad's on the floor
Deluding and dreaming
She leaves the house
Avoids broken glass
As quiet as a mouse
But no-one will save her
No-one knows how
Deluded and dreaming
She cannot go back
There's no-one to catch her
She's on the train tracks
Broken and dreaming
She lays down and cries
And ending quite suddenly
She horribly dies
Tears are shed upon her grave
She never knew how much joy she gave...
Author notes
I guess this a little dark for the prompt but when I thought of the character, this is what came out:
This poor, broken girl whose father is a drunk. I don't know if she was abused or is just depressed with nothing to help her out of it? We'll the knight in shining armour she's hoping for doesn't come and she is shattered. She doesn't feel she can wait anymore and now she doesn't have to. It's too late in the end.
So yes. A bit bleak but...well, that's her world then isn't it?
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Comments
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Interesting twist on the prompt, very sad, a testament to the emotional portrait created here. I thought the rhyme and rhythm was well done, and along with the repetition of the "soon" created a feeling of inevitable progression to the ending... Great piece!
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This is really really good, but not quite what I was looking for. Sorry. Thank you for entering!
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