That Night
Stars shine brightest in the darkest of times
and they were so glorious that night.
I heard the soft sweet song of the chimes.
The silver reflected the light.
Tears on my cheeks and knives in my back.
Almost 20 years old and I craved what I lack.
Everyone I love was fading to black
and that was my plan that night too.
“What would Mama do?”
“Would Dad cry?”
“I hope that they all knew,
I really did try.”
*click*
It was almost as if time stopped
and for a moment I felt as if
God, themself, whispered to me
“Say something.”
Being a burden was my biggest fear,
but I put that idea aside that night.
I reached out to the ones who gave me life
to save what they created.
They saw me at every stage.
They loved what I had hated.
That night I realized, I was really growing.
Becoming the woman I wanted to be.
The truth was only showing
I was going to be happy.