She couldn’t see the beauty within her
that I saw every time I saw her lovely face
she hated every, inch of herself
and her mind was darker than fresh asphalt
she always thought nobody cared
but i did and I repeated it every day
I tried to get her to put down the blade
and I always filled up her plate
every day I told her the truth
that she was beautiful all the way through
when she’d break down and cry
I’d take her in my arms and hold her tight
but one time when I had a game out of town
she couldn’t come with me
“I’ll be alright” she pinky promised me
but I didn’t know her fingers were crossed
awhile later I got a phone call “shes gone”
-AC