Submissions by missb (Bridget)

I can’t believe you will be 18 in just a few weeks
No matter how hard I try
I still see this little girl
Her bubbly laughter
A temper to match no others

Beautiful red headed girl
Who laughs and is so outgoing
A little girl who had no worries
Now I see this beautiful young woman
So full of life
So excited about the world ahead of her

I can’t believe you will be in college in the fall
The years have flown by and before we know it
You will be the mom and I understand everything I have been telling you

The past few years...

To you I am just another face in the crowd

You do not see the tears I cry

You do not hear my screams

You do not have a clue of this pain

The agony I feel

The pain so deep

The sting so strong

The aching that only I can know

A sensation inside

A sense of emptiness

An effortless smile hides the pain

An expected laugh covers the screams

The Screams pounding in my head

The sound shattering the silence

The silence burning and aching in my head

Can’t you hear me?...