so many nameless faces
and faceless names
when should i ever forget?
the foggy memory that sweeps my mind
my fearful dread of the passing time
a face i wish to scratch out in pictures
i cannot recognize my own features
my heart aches for the child i once was
before i lost all the ones i love
nostalgic home slowly turned desolate
grandmother's clothes still hung in the closet
i long to cling to my father
like the bright little girl i am no longer
when i sat on his lap and poked his cheeks
now i cry on the bed as he rubs my knee
when did i become such an empty soul?
cold, indifferent, and alone
hope is that i will suffer no longer
under the cage of my very own
