Forty-Five Minutes

Forty-Five Minutes.
Too much to say. Where do I even start?
Where all troubles start. With my alphabet of emotions.
Anger. Aggression. Anxiety. Apathy.  Emotional lies I tell myself.
                LIES LIES LIES LIES. I watch the clock tick.
Just a normal day. Only we know it isn’t.
Smiles and laughs fly. We both know they’re forced.
No more real smiles. Not till the calendar slows.
                Two…Four…Six…Eight… It seems like a lifetime.
Resistance is passed futile. Time stops for no man.
The miles fly by. Destination is reached too soon.
Now for the fun. Fun like laughs and smiles.
                Dreading the open door. I’m simply not ready yet.
Already too late today. School waits for no girl.
I grip the door. The click deafens my ears.
Breeze hits my face. It sounds like cold laughter.
                No laughter hear. Only a flood of tears.
And they keep coming. The emotional dam has broken.
One last hug goodbye. Two different tear stained faces.
All in the span of just Forty-Five Minutes.