Hope

I stare out my window,

see the nights sky,

I wish for something more,

but know nothing will come,

I cry myself to sleep,

hold my knees close to my chest,

I rock back and forth,

hoping for it to all end.

I look out the door,

see the police car,

I wish for something new,

but know I won’t get it,

I hold myself together,

as I go away,

I sway side to side,

hoping for it to all go away.

I stare at the coffins,

see the dead bodies,

I wish for them to be alive,

but know they will never come back,

I sob the unshed tears,

hold my face so I won’t see anymore,

I shake with fear,

hoping to be with them.