Echoes of Grief
When everything is dark,
When starry skies shine,
The blanketed heavens as black as a lark,
Safety just a moony lie
Echoes of Grief bind me close,
Darkness consumes me,
Footsteps echo in the hallway, I froze,
The rattle of a key,
After all of this, grief still holds,
Every step, look, an echo of that day,
Distracted, away, drifting, teacher scolds,
Safety, no longer, no longer prey,
My brain is a trap,
Guns flash in my head,
A bang, and then screams, I see through a gap,
The ground, sleek hallways of school are bled,
Echoes of grief bind me close,
Safety no longer surrounds me,
While school day runs, every day just woes,
If only, ever, I could ever be free,